Where does “labdă” come from?

labdă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian labda, from Proto-Slavic lopъta — ball.

labdă (Romanian): ball object, generally spherical, used for playing games

Definitions

  1. ball object, generally spherical, used for playing games

Ancestry of “labdă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlabdaball
2Proto-Slaviclopъtaball
Every word from Proto-Slavic lopъta →Every word from Hungarian labda →
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