Where does “olpă” come from?

olpă (Romanian) comes from Ancient Greek ὄλπη, from Ancient Greek ἔλπος, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

olpă (Romanian): olpe

Definitions

  1. olpe

Ancestry of “olpă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄλπηleathern flask for oil
2Ancient Greekἔλπος[[w:Hesychius of Alexandria ἔλαιον, στέαρ, εὐθηνία
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔλπος →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄλπη →