închega

Etymology
Probably from a verb  (compare 🇨🇬), from metathesis of  (compare 🇨🇬), from, intensive of  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), present active infinitive of. Alternatively, simply from Vulgar Latin <, with the prefix  added later in Romanian (and therefore a , a borrowing).

Verb

 * 1) to curdle, thicken, condense, coagulate
 * 2) to clog