Where does “poruncă” come from?

poruncă (Romanian) comes from Romanian porunci, from Old Church Slavonic порѫчити, from Proto-Slavic porǫčiti, from Proto-Slavic rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.

poruncă (Romanian): order, command

Definitions

  1. order, command

Ancestry of “poruncă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianporuncito order, command
2Old Church Slavonicпорѫчити—
3Proto-Slavicporǫčitito hand to, to leave to somebody
4Proto-Slavicrǫkahand; arm
5Proto-Balto-Slavicránkāˀhand, arm
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwrenk-to turn, twist, bend
7Latvianwer-to turn, to bend
Every word from Latvian wer- →