Where does “fulguitură” come from?
fulguitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian fulgui, from Romanian fulg, from Romanian floc, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
fulguitură (Romanian): light snow
Definitions
- light snow
Ancestry of “fulguitură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fulgui | to snow lightly |
| 2 | Romanian | fulg | feather; flake |
| 3 | Romanian | floc | floc, floccule; tuft; flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |