Where does “trăi” come from?

trăi (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian trajati, from Proto-Slavic trajati, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

trăi (Romanian): to live, to exist; to reside, to dwell

Definitions

  1. to live, to exist; to reside, to dwell

Ancestry of “trăi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantrajatito last, continue
2Proto-Slavictrajatito last, to endure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

Words derived from “trăi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic trajati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian trajati →