Where does “orzișor” come from?

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

orzișor (Romanian): small barley

Definitions

  1. small barley

Ancestry of “orzișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianorzbarley
2Latinhordeumbarley
3Proto-Italichorzdeom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyomEvery word from Proto-Italic horzdeomEvery word from Latin hordeum