Where does “opăreală” come from?
opăreală (Romanian) comes from Romanian opări, from Bulgarian опаря, from Bulgarian о-, from Old Church Slavonic о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
opăreală (Romanian): scald
Definitions
- scald
Ancestry of “opăreală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | opări | to soak in boiling water, blanch; to scald; to... |
| 2 | Bulgarian | опаря | to scald, to burn, to sear to burn or injure someone or something with hot water, steam, fire, heat, or a hot object |
| 3 | Bulgarian | о- | forms perfective verbs from imperfective ones, indicating completion, exhaustiveness, or bringing an action to an end |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | о- | prefix added to verbs of motion: about, around |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |