Where does “zamcă” come from?

zamcă (Romanian) comes from Russian замка, from Russian замо́к, from Polish zamek, from Middle High German slōz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-Germanic slutą.

zamcă (Romanian): fortress

Definitions

  1. fortress

Ancestry of “zamcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзамкаgenitive singular of за́мок; genitive singular of...
2Russianзамо́кcastle
3Polishzameklock; zip fastener, zipper, zip; castle
4Middle High Germanslōz—
5Old High Germansloz—
6Proto-Germanicslutą—

Words derived from “zamcă”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slutą →Every word from Old High German sloz →Every word from Middle High German slōz →