Where does “stindard” come from?
stindard (Romanian) comes from Italian stendardo, from Old French estandart, from Frankish standhard, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
stindard (Romanian): standard
Ancestry of “stindard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | stendardo | standard |
| 2 | Old French | estandart | standard |
| 3 | Frankish | standhard | stand hard |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |