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Where does “labă” come from?

labă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás.

labă (Romanian): palm; paw

Definitions

  1. palm; paw

Ancestry of “labă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—

Words derived from “labă”

  • face labă
  • labagiu
  • lăbar
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