Where does “strânsurică” come from?
strânsurică (Romanian) comes from Romanian strânsură, from Romanian strâns, from Romanian strânge, from Latin stringō, from Proto-Italic stringō, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Ancestry of “strânsurică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | strânsură | gathering |
| 2 | Romanian | strâns | closely, tightly |
| 3 | Romanian | strânge | to tighten, squeeze; to fasten; to collect,... |
| 4 | Latin | stringō | to draw tight together, to tie together |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |