Where does “roșioreancă” come from?
roșioreancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian roșiorean, from Romanian Roșiorii de Vede, from Romanian rus, from Russian русь, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old Swedish roþs- — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
Ancestry of “roșioreancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | roșiorean | from or pertaining to Roșiorii de Vede |
| 2 | Romanian | Roșiorii de Vede | — |
| 3 | Romanian | rus | Russian |
| 4 | Russian | русь | Rus |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 6 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 8 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 9 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |