Where does “Bumbotă” come from?

Bumbotă (Romanian) comes from Romanian bumb, from Hungarian gömb, from Greek κόμβος, from Ancient Greek κόμβος — roll, band, girth.

Ancestry of “Bumbotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbumbbutton
2Hungariangömbsphere
3Greekκόμβοςinterchange, hub, circus; knot; node
4Ancient Greekκόμβοςroll, band, girth
Every word from Ancient Greek κόμβος →Every word from Greek κόμβος →Every word from Hungarian gömb →