Where does “zgâria” come from?

zgâria (Romanian) comes from Latin excoriāri, from Latin excoriō, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

zgâria (Romanian): to scratch

Definitions

  1. to scratch

Ancestry of “zgâria”, step by step

zgâria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin excoriāri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexcoriāri—
2Latinexcoriōto skin (strip the skin from)
3Latincoriumskin; hide, leather; leather belt, whip; crust,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Latin scaberāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscaberāre—
2Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
3Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “zgâria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →