Etymograph

English

Târnava Mare

Târnava Mare comes from Romanian Târnava Mare, from mare ‘big’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ ‘thorn’.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*tьrnъ‘thorn’reconstructed
  2. Old Church Slavonicmodernтрьнъ‘thorn’
  3. Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernтрьнава
  4. Romanianc. 1500–presentmare‘big’
  5. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentTârnava Mare
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*tьrnъ‘thorn’reconstructed
  2. Old Church Slavonicmodernтрьнъ‘thorn’
  3. Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernтрьнава
  4. Romanianc. 1500–presentmare‘big’
  5. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentTârnava Mare
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- ‘stiff’

start, thorny, 7 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós ‘sharp, stiff’

thorn, 3 more

Today it means

name A river in Romania.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ / Târnava Mare

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