Where does “râpos” come from?

râpos (Romanian) comes from Romanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

râpos (Romanian): steep; full of precipices

Definitions

  1. steep; full of precipices

Ancestry of “râpos”, step by step

râpos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianosbone
2Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
3Latinōsmouth
4Proto-Italicōsmouth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

via Romanian râpă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrâpăravine, precipice; dingle
2Latinrīpabank (of a river)
3Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →