Old Slavic

Where the Romanian word “cârmă” comes from

From Old Slavic.

DEX ’98 says

Din sl. krŭma. → Old Slavic · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Old Slavic (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Old Church Slavonic кръма ← Proto-Slavic kъrma ← Proto-Indo-European kʷr-m-

In film dialogue

6.3 times per million words · number 5,425 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

5.9 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
30	20	17	29	14

Swap in a synonym

putere (Made in Romanian), conducere (Made in Romanian), domnie (Made in Romanian), stăpânire (Made in Romanian), guvernare (Made in Romanian), cârmuire (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

trebui, nevoie, război, prea, primi, prieten, drum, opri, iubi, vreme, trăi, sfânt