Where does “zgârietură” come from?

zgârietură (Romanian) comes from Romanian zgâria, 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.

zgârietură (Romanian): scratch

Definitions

  1. scratch

Ancestry of “zgârietură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianzgâriato scratch
2Latinexcoriāri—
3Latinexcoriōto skin (strip the skin from)
4Latincoriumskin; hide, leather; leather belt, whip; crust,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin corium →