Where does “umbrișoară” come from?

umbrișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian umbră, from Latin umbra, from Old Latin omra, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u-.

umbrișoară (Romanian): small shadow

Definitions

  1. small shadow

Ancestry of “umbrișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianumbrăshadow
2Latinumbraa shadow; a shade; a ghost
3Old Latinomra—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mr-u-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mr-u- →Every word from Old Latin omra →Every word from Latin umbra →