Where does “plomu” come from?

plomu (Asturian) comes from Spanish plomo, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

plomu (Asturian): lead

Definitions

  1. lead

Ancestry of “plomu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplomolead; grey; plumb line
2Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →