Etymograph

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Spinuș

Spinuș comes from Romanian spin ‘thorn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*spey-‘sharp point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*speinā‘thorn’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīna‘thorn’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīnus‘thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree’
  5. Romanianc. 1500–presentspin‘thorn’
  6. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentSpinuș
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*spey-‘sharp point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*speinā‘thorn’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīna‘thorn’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīnus‘thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree’
  5. Romanianc. 1500–presentspin‘thorn’
  6. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentSpinuș
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’

spike, spinach, cusp, asp, spire, spigot, spica, aspic, 27 more

through Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’

buckthorn, spinel, 11 more

through Latin spīna ‘thorn’

spine, spinal, spina, 13 more

Today it means

name A village and commune of Bihor County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *spey- / Spinuș

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