Where does “mălușor” come from?

mălușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian mâl, from Proto-Albanian mālā — apple.

mălușor (Romanian): small river bank

Definitions

  1. small river bank

Ancestry of “mălușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianmâlA type of granular sediment found near water or...
2Proto-Albanianmālāapple
Every word from Proto-Albanian mālā →Every word from Romanian mâl →
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