Romanian words from Proto-Slavic
6 Romanian words with Proto-Slavic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
hrăni
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic хранити (hraniti, “to guard, keep, protect”), the Old Church Slavonic verb, which is from Proto-Slavic *xorniti. The Proto-Slavic verb is formed on the noun…
munci
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѫчити (mǫčiti, “to torture, torment”), with its reflexive мѫчити сѧ (mǫčiti sę), according to MDA2, the DLR, DLRLV, DEX and Tiktin. Ciorănescu instead lists…
omorî
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуморити (umoriti, “to kill”), a word of the Old Church Slavonic of the church books. Wiktionary takes the Romanian form from the variant оморити (omoriti)…
slujbă
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic слоужьба (služĭba, “service, ministry”), a word of the Slavonic church and chancery. DER treats it with the verb sluji, from слоужити (služiti), and also…
târî
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трьти (trĭti, “to rub”), also written трѣти (trěti), with the first person тьрѫ (tĭrǫ). The Slavonic verb is from Proto-Slavic *terti (“to rub”), from…
vârf
It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic връхъ (vrŭxŭ, “top, summit”). The Old Church Slavonic word means “top, peak” and also the crown of the head. It continues from Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ (“top…