Where does “trișor” come from?
trișor (Romanian) comes from French tricheur, from French tricher, from Old French tricher, from Middle Dutch trek, from Middle Dutch trekken, from Old Dutch trekkan, from Old Dutch trekan, from Proto-Germanic trekaną — to pull; to drag, scrape.
trișor (Romanian): cheater
Definitions
- cheater
Ancestry of “trișor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tricheur | cheat, cheater |
| 2 | French | tricher | to cheat |
| 3 | Old French | tricher | alternative infinitive of trichier; to cheat,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trek | a trick |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trekken | to draw, play a trick on |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trekkan | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | trekan | to move, drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trekaną | to push; to drag; to scratch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dreg- | to pull; to drag, scrape |