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Where does “Plesnilă” come from?
Plesnilă (Romanian) comes from Romanian plesni, from Old Church Slavonic плеснѫти.
Ancestry of “Plesnilă”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Romanian
plesni
to spank, thwack, hit, strike; to crack or break...
2
Old Church Slavonic
плеснѫти
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