Where does “palincă” come from?

palincă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian pálinka, from Proto-Slavic pālìti — to burn, to singe.

palincă (Romanian): brandy, tuica, tsuica

Definitions

  1. brandy, tuica, tsuica

Ancestry of “palincă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpálinkabrandy
2Proto-Slavicpālìtito burn, to singe

Words derived from “palincă”

Every word from Proto-Slavic pālìti →Every word from Hungarian pálinka →