Where does “văcăraș” come from?

văcăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian văcar, from Latin vaccārius, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

văcăraș (Romanian): Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Definitions

  1. Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Ancestry of “văcăraș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvăcarcowherd, neatherd
2Latinvaccāriusof or pertaining to a cow
3Latinvaccacow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Latin vaccārius →
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