Where does “păpușar” come from?

păpușar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

păpușar (Romanian): puppeteer, puppet master

Definitions

  1. puppeteer, puppet master

Ancestry of “păpușar”, step by step

păpușar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarwould; API; first-person singular present...
2Romanianarăto plough
3Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
4Proto-Italicaraōto plough
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Romanian păpușă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăpușădoll; puppet; pupa or nymph/larva in certain...
2Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
3Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “păpușar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti