Where does “pălămidă” come from?

pălămidă (Romanian) comes from Greek παλαμίδα, from Ancient Greek παλαμίς, from Ancient Greek πηλαμύς — young tunny.

pălămidă (Romanian): "Cirsium arvense", creeping thistle; Carduus...

Definitions

  1. "Cirsium arvense", creeping thistle; Carduus...

Ancestry of “pălămidă”, step by step

pălămidă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek παλαμίδα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekπαλαμίδαAtlantic bonito
2Ancient Greekπαλαμίς—
3Ancient Greekπηλαμύςyoung tunny

via Bulgarian паламида

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianпаламида—

Words derived from “pălămidă”

Every word from Ancient Greek πηλαμύς →Every word from Ancient Greek παλαμίς →Every word from Greek παλαμίδα →