Where does “bobină” come from?

bobină (Romanian) comes from French bobiner, from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bobină (Romanian): coil

Definitions

  1. coil

Ancestry of “bobină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbobinerto wind onto a bobbin
2Frenchbobinebobbin; reel, spool; drum
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “bobină”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →