Where does “huilă” come from?

huilă (Romanian) comes from French houille, from Walloon hulhes, from Frankish hukila, from Proto-Indo-European kēwp-.

huilă (Romanian): coal

Definitions

  1. coal

Ancestry of “huilă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhouillecoal
2Walloonhulhes—
3Frankishhukilapile, mound
4Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kēwp- →Every word from Frankish hukila →Every word from Walloon hulhes →