Where does “Poponeț” come from?

Poponeț (Romanian) comes from Romanian popou, from German Popo, from German Podex, from Latin pōdex, from Proto-Indo-European pesd- — to fart softly, pass gas, break wind.

Poponeț (Romanian): bottom, buttocks, bum

Definitions

  1. bottom, buttocks, bum

Ancestry of “Poponeț”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpopouass, butt
2GermanPopobottom, buttocks, bum
3GermanPodexposterior, behind
4Latinpōdexanus, rectum, fundament
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpesd-to fart softly, pass gas, break wind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pesd- →Every word from Latin pōdex →Every word from German Podex →