Where does “rumeguș” come from?
rumeguș (Romanian) comes from Romanian rumega, from Latin rumigo, from Latin rumen, from Proto-Indo-European sréwmn̥, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
rumeguș (Romanian): sawdust
Ancestry of “rumeguș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | rumega | to chew over again, ruminate; to chew or... |
| 2 | Latin | rumigo | I chew over again, ruminate |
| 3 | Latin | rumen | throat, gullet |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sréwmn̥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |