Where does “flămând” come from?

flămând (Romanian) comes from French flamand, from Old French flamenc, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc, from Proto-Germanic flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flămând (Romanian): starving, famished, hungry, ravenous

Definitions

  1. starving, famished, hungry, ravenous

Ancestry of “flămând”, step by step

flămând traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French flamand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchflamandFlemish
2Old FrenchflamencFlemish
3Middle DutchVlamincFleming
4Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Latin famēlicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfamēlicushungry; starved; famished
2Latinfamēshunger
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear

Words derived from “flămând”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaumaz →Every word from Middle Dutch Vlaminc →