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Orăștioara de Sus
Orăștioara de Sus comes from Romanian Orăștioara de Sus, from sus ‘upper’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorsum‘toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsursumas sūsum‘upwards’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentsus‘upper’
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentOrăștioara de Sus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘turn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvorsum‘toward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsursumas sūsum‘upwards’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentsus‘upper’
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentOrăștioara de Sus
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, universe, ridiculous, ridicule, invert, derision, deride, derisive, wurst, extraversion, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, diversion, perverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, averse, introvert, vertebrate, subvert, perversion, vertebra, evert, reversion, vertiginous, 38 more
through Latin vertō ‘turn’
university, version, conversation, diversity, divorce, diverse, verse, versus, vertical, advertisement, versatile, advert, convertible, divert, adversity, vortex, revert, pervert, vertex, avert, diversification, vertigo, vert, verso, perversity, 53 more
Today it means
name A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / Orăștioara de Sus