Where does “scărmăna” come from?

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

scărmăna (Romanian): to card (wool), comb

Definitions

  1. to card (wool), comb

Ancestry of “scărmăna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinexcarminoI card
2Latincarminōto make verses
3Latincarmensong, tune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp

Words derived from “scărmăna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kan- →Every word from Latin carmen →Every word from Latin carminō →