Where does “toboșar” come from?

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

toboșar (Romanian): drummer

Definitions

  1. drummer

Ancestry of “toboșar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantobașdrummer
2Romaniantobădrum
3Hungariandobto throw, to cast; to roll; to dump
4Proto-Ugrictᴕmpɜ-to throw down, to strike

Words derived from “toboșar”

Every word from Proto-Ugric tᴕmpɜ- →Every word from Hungarian dob →Every word from Romanian tobă →
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