Where does “schijă” come from?

schijă (Romanian) comes from Polish spiż, from Old Polish spiża, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere — stretch.

schijă (Romanian): shrapnel

Definitions

  1. shrapnel

Ancestry of “schijă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishspiżgunmetal, red brass
2Old Polishspiża
3Middle High Germanspīse
4Old High Germanspīsameal
5Latinspensaoutlay for provisions, food
6Latinexpēnsa
7Latinexpensusweighed; paid; judged
8Latinexpenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
9LatinexpendoI weigh; I pay out; I judge
10Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
11LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
12LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
13Latintemporeablative singular of tempus
14Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
15Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temposEvery word from Latin tempusEvery word from Latin tempore