Where does “vergă” come from?

vergă (Romanian) comes from French vergue, from Norman vèrgue, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

vergă (Romanian): yard

Definitions

  1. yard

Ancestry of “vergă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvergueyard
2Normanvèrguecane; yard; penis
3Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
4Proto-Italicwizgā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →