Where does “orz” come from?

orz (Romanian) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

orz (Romanian): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “orz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly

Words derived from “orz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →