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Where does “flămânzi” come from?

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

flămânzi (Romanian): to starve

Definitions

  1. to starve

Ancestry of “flămânzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianflămândstarving, famished, hungry, ravenous
2FrenchflamandFlemish
3Old Frenchflamenc—
4Middle DutchVlaminc—
5Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →