Where does “scărmănătură” come from?

scărmănătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian scărmăna, from Vulgar Latin excarmino, from Latin carminō, from Latin carmen, from Proto-Indo-European kan- — to sing; hemp.

scărmănătură (Romanian): carded wool

Definitions

  1. carded wool

Ancestry of “scărmănătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscărmănato card (wool), comb
2Vulgar LatinexcarminoI card
3Latincarminōto make verses
4Latincarmensong, tune
5Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kan- →Every word from Latin carmen →Every word from Latin carminō →