Where does “nufăr” come from?
nufăr (Romanian) comes from Greek νούφαρο, from Byzantine Greek νούφαρο, from Arabic نُوفَر, from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl, from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल, from Sanskrit नील, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.
nufăr (Romanian): water lily
Ancestry of “nufăr”, step by step