Where does “dâlmă” come from?

dâlmă (Romanian) comes from Romanian dâmb, from Hungarian domb, from Old Polish dąb, from Proto-Slavic dǫbъ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰanw-.

dâlmă (Romanian): a short hill with a rounded peak

Definitions

  1. a short hill with a rounded peak

Ancestry of “dâlmă”, step by step

dâlmă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian dâmb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandâmbknoll
2Hungariandombhill, mound, hump
3Old Polishdąb—
4Proto-Slavicdǫbъoak tree; oak
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰanw-—

via Romanian gâlmă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniangâlmăhillock

Words derived from “dâlmă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰanw- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dǫbъ →Every word from Old Polish dąb →