Where does “râpșoară” come from?

râpșoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian râpă, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

Ancestry of “râpșoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrâpăravine, precipice; dingle
2Latinrīpabank (of a river)
3Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic reipā →Every word from Latin rīpa →