Where does “nu avea habar” come from?

nu avea habar (Romanian) comes from Romanian avea, from Latin habeō, from Proto-Italic habēō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰh₁bʰ- — to grab, to take; to grab, take.

nu avea habar (Romanian): to have no idea

Definitions

  1. to have no idea

Ancestry of “nu avea habar”, step by step

nu avea habar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian avea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianaveato have; to stand; Used to form other tenses
2Latinhabeōto have, hold
3Proto-Italichabēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰh₁bʰ-to grab, to take; to grab, take

via Romanian habar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhabaridea; news
2Ottoman Turkishخبرnews; information; advice
3Old Anatolian Turkishخبر—
4Arabicخَبَرnews, information
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰh₁bʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic habēō →Every word from Latin habeō →