Where does “rață cu cap alb” come from?
rață cu cap alb (Romanian) comes from Romanian cu, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
rață cu cap alb (Romanian): white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Definitions
- white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Ancestry of “rață cu cap alb”, step by step
rață cu cap alb traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian cu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cu | with |
| 2 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 3 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Romanian rață
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | rață | duck; female duck; urinal |
| 2 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 3 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 4 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Romanian cap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 2 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 3 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 4 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |