Where does “ropa” come from?

ropa (Czech) comes from Polish ropa, from Proto-Slavic ropa.

ropa (Czech): petroleum

Definitions

  1. petroleum

Ancestry of “ropa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishropapus; sleepy dust; crude oil; petroleum
2Proto-Slavicropa—

Words derived from “ropa”

Every word from Proto-Slavic ropa →Every word from Polish ropa →