Where does “vârstă” come from?

vârstă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic врьста, from Proto-Slavic vьrsta, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vârstă (Romanian): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “vârstă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicврьстаage; generation
2Proto-Slavicvьrstarow, line, age, kind
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vârstă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrsta →
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