Where does “tăcăitoare” come from?

tăcăitoare (Romanian) comes from Romanian -toare, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tăcăitoare (Romanian): great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

Definitions

  1. great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

Ancestry of “tăcăitoare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-toarefemale equivalent of -tor: -er; feminine singular...
2Romanian-tor-er; -ing
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Romanian -tor →