Where does “gălușcă” come from?
gălușcă (Romanian) comes from Russian галушка, from Hungarian galuska, from Polish gałuszka, from Polish gałka, from Polish gała, from French gala, from Spanish gala, from Old Spanish gala — to flourish; green, yellow.
gălușcă (Romanian): dumpling
Ancestry of “gălușcă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | галушка | a kind of dumpling with no filling, normally... |
| 2 | Hungarian | galuska | spaetzle, dumpling |
| 3 | Polish | gałuszka | — |
| 4 | Polish | gałka | knob; scoop; control knob, dial |
| 5 | Polish | gała | — |
| 6 | French | gala | third-person singular past historic of galer |
| 7 | Spanish | gala | feminine singular of galo; gala; elegant dress,... |
| 8 | Old Spanish | gala | — |
| 9 | Old French | gale | pomp; show; festivity; mirth; rejoicing |
| 10 | Old French | galer | to rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself |
| 11 | Old French | galle | — |
| 12 | Latin | galla | the oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of... |
| 13 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |