Where does “mladă” come from?

mladă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic младъ, from Proto-Slavic moldъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

mladă (Romanian): grove, coppice, thicket

Definitions

  1. grove, coppice, thicket

Ancestry of “mladă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicмладъyoung
2Proto-Slavicmoldъyoung
3Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dussoft, weak
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “mladă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus →Every word from Proto-Slavic moldъ →