Where does “vârstean” come from?

vârstean (Romanian) comes from Romanian vârstă, 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.

vârstean (Romanian): a person having the same age with another

Definitions

  1. a person having the same age with another

Ancestry of “vârstean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvârstăage
2Old Church Slavonicврьстаage; generation
3Proto-Slavicvьrstarow, line, age, kind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrsta →