Where does “fistulă” come from?

fistulă (Romanian) comes from French fistule, from Latin fistula, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fistulă (Romanian): fistula

Definitions

  1. fistula

Ancestry of “fistulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfistulefistula
2Latinfistulapipe, tube, especially a water pipe; hollow reed...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin fistula →