Where does “urdelniță” come from?

urdelniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian urdă, from Albanian urdhë, from Albanian udhë, from Proto-Albanian uj́ā-, from Proto-Indo-European uǵʰ-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

urdelniță (Romanian): tool used to mix boiling whey

Definitions

  1. tool used to mix boiling whey

Ancestry of “urdelniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianurdăa type of unripened whey cheese, similar to ricotta
2Albanianurdhëreturn; answer; sort of white cheese
3Albanianudhëway, road
4Proto-Albanianuj́ā-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuǵʰ-éh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European uǵʰ-éh₂Every word from Proto-Albanian uj́ā-
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