Where does “tobșoară” come from?

tobșoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian tobă, from Hungarian dob, from Proto-Ugric tᴕmpɜ- — to throw down, to strike.

Ancestry of “tobșoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantobădrum
2Hungariandobto throw, to cast; to roll; to dump
3Proto-Ugrictᴕmpɜ-to throw down, to strike
Every word from Proto-Ugric tᴕmpɜ-Every word from Hungarian dobEvery word from Romanian tobă