Where does “hemeiugă” come from?

hemeiugă (Romanian) comes from Romanian hamei, from Russian хмель, from Proto-Slavic xъmelь — hop plant.

hemeiugă (Romanian): hops

Definitions

  1. hops

Ancestry of “hemeiugă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhameihop plant
2Russianхмельhop; hops; drunkenness, intoxication
3Proto-Slavicxъmelьhop plant
Every word from Proto-Slavic xъmelь →Every word from Russian хмель →Every word from Romanian hamei →