Where does “strigătură” come from?

strigătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian strigă, from Latin strīga, from Proto-Italic strigā, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

strigătură (Romanian): shout

Definitions

  1. shout

Ancestry of “strigătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstrigăbarn owl; an evil spirit or ghost; a death's-head...
2Latinstrīgafemale evil spirit or nocturnal apparition
3Proto-Italicstrigā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Italic strigā →