Where does “pulpet” come from?

pulpet (Polish) comes from Italian polpetta, from Italian polpa, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pulpet (Polish): a meatball

Definitions

  1. a meatball

Ancestry of “pulpet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpolpettameatball; rissole
2Italianpolpapulp; flesh
3Latinpulpathe soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the...
4Old Latinpelpa—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “pulpet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Old Latin pelpa →Every word from Latin pulpa →