Romanian words from Serbo-Croatian
5 Romanian words with Serbo-Croatian in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
chinez
1. The word for the village headman is borrowed from Serbo-Croatian knez (“prince; village headman”), as the DA, DLRLV and DEX state. Cihac, Tiktin and CADE see it as borrowed from Hungarian kenéz…
gata
Its origin is disputed between a Slavic and an Albanian source. In Ciorănescu's view it is borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gotovŭ (“ready”), a South Slavic adjective: Romanian speakers read its ending…
grădină
It is borrowed from Bulgarian градина (gradina), or equally borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gradina, a Slavic loan. Tiktin and Scriban give Old Church Slavonic градина (gradina) as the source…
haină
It is a South Slavic loan, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian haljina (“garment, bedding”) according to Ciorănescu (following Diez and Cihac) and DA; MDA2 gives the Serbian form as hajina. DEX 2009 gives…
tur
1. The word for a turn or round is borrowed from French tour. For Tiktin and MDA2 it is also borrowed from German Tour, and Gabinschi calls it a European loan of French origin, which reached…