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Where does “vizuină” come from?

vizuină (Romanian) comes from Romanian viezure, from Romanian viedzure, from Proto-Albanian vedzula, from Proto-Albanian wedza, from Proto-Indo-European wéǵʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

vizuină (Romanian): burrow, den, lair, warren

Definitions

  1. burrow, den, lair, warren

Ancestry of “vizuină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianviezurebadger
2Romanianviedzure—
3Proto-Albanianvedzula—
4Proto-Albanianwedzato steal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéǵʰetito be transporting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
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