Where does “ojă” come from?

ojă (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوژه, from French onglé, from Old French fro, from Latin umbrosus, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

ojă (Romanian): nail polish

Definitions

  1. nail polish

Ancestry of “ojă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوژه—
2Frenchonglénail, fingernail
3Old Frenchfro—
4Latinumbrosusshady, shadowy
5Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
6Old Latinomra—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →