Where does “scursură” come from?

scursură (Romanian) comes from Romanian scurge, from Latin excurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

scursură (Romanian): sewer

Definitions

  1. sewer

Ancestry of “scursură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscurgeto drain, exhaust
2Latinexcurrōto run out
3Latincurrōto run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →