Where does “rugușor” come from?

rugușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian rug, from Latin rubus, from Proto-Italic wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥dʰo- — sweetbriar.

Ancestry of “rugușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrugpyre; bramble
2Latinrubusbramble, blackberry bush
3Proto-Italicwruðos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥dʰo-sweetbriar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥dʰo- →