Podu lui Paul (Romanian) comes from Romanian pod, from Old Church Slavonic подъ, from Proto-Slavic pǫdъ, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Podu lui Paul”, step by step
Podu lui Paul traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.