Where does “ciumă” come from?

ciumă (Romanian) comes from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα, from Proto-Hellenic kūmə, from Proto-Indo-European ḱúh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ciumă (Romanian): plague, pest, pestilence

Definitions

  1. plague, pest, pestilence

Ancestry of “ciumă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincȳmayoung sprout or spring shoot of cabbage
2Ancient Greekκῦμαswell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo
3Proto-Hellenickūməswell, wave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱúh₁mn̥—
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ciumă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱúh₁mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Hellenic kūmə →