Where does “rovinos” come from?

rovinos (Romanian) comes from Romanian rovină, from Bulgarian ровина, from Proto-Slavic *rovina, from Proto-Slavic rovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- — to dig out, to root.

rovinos (Romanian): swampy

Definitions

  1. swampy

Ancestry of “rovinos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrovinăravine
2Bulgarianровинаman-made ditch, trench, channel
3Proto-Slavic*rovina—
4Proto-Slavicrovъditch; pitch
5Proto-Balto-Slavicrawas—
6Proto-Indo-European(H)rewH-to dig out, to root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rawas →Every word from Proto-Slavic rovъ →