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Where does “stângă” come from?

stângă (Romanian) comes from Romanian stâng, from Latin stancus, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Ancestry of “stângă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstângleft
2Latinstancus—
3Latinstānticus—
4Latinstāns—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stângă”

  • stânga
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