Where does “Porumboiu” come from?

Porumboiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Porumbu, from Romanian porumb, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- — dark-colored, gray.

Ancestry of “Porumboiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPorumbu—
2Romanianporumbmaize, corn; pigeon, dove
3LatinpalumbusAlternative form of palumbēs; wood-pigeon,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpal-wo-dark-colored, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pal-wo- →Every word from Latin palumbus →Every word from Romanian porumb →