Where does “rudă” come from?

rudă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic роуда, from Proto-Slavic ruda, from Proto-Slavic rudъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic roudos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰ-o-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rudă (Romanian): relation, relative; family, sort, kin, nation,...

Definitions

  1. relation, relative; family, sort, kin, nation,...

Ancestry of “rudă”, step by step

rudă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic роуда

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicроудаore
2Proto-Slavicrudaore, mineral
3Proto-Slavicrudъred, blood red, reddish; ginger; brown
4Proto-Balto-Slavicroudos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰ-o-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Old East Slavic родъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicродъ
2Proto-Slavicrǫdъthorny, prickly; curly, locky
3Proto-Balto-Slavicradásbirth, genus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “rudă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰ-o-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic roudos