Where does “lapți” come from?
lapți (Romanian) comes from Latin lactes, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leg- — to be languid.
lapți (Romanian): milt; soft roe
Ancestry of “lapți”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lactes | The intestines, especially the smaller... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leg- | to be languid |