Where does “vargă” come from?

vargă (Romanian) comes from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

vargă (Romanian): rod

Definitions

  1. rod

Ancestry of “vargă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
2Proto-Italicwizgā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick

Words derived from “vargă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →