Where does “plomí” come from?

plomí (Catalan) comes from Catalan ploma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

plomí (Catalan): nib of a pen

Definitions

  1. nib of a pen

Ancestry of “plomí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanplomafeather; pen
2Latinplūmafeather, plume
3Proto-Italicplouksmā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →