Where does “vâscușor” come from?

vâscușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian vâsc, from Latin viscum, from Latin vorō, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.

vâscușor (Romanian): wild cherry

Definitions

  1. wild cherry

Ancestry of “vâscușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvâscmistletoe
2Latinviscummistletoe; birdlime made from this plant
3Latinvorōto devour; to eat greedily
4Latinvotodative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of...
5Proto-Italicwetā(je)-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweth₂-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic wetā(je)- →Every word from Latin voto →