Where does “plămân” come from?

plămân (Romanian) comes from Latin pulmōnem, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

plămân (Romanian): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “plămân”, step by step

plămân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pulmōnem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulmōnem—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Latin plumonem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplumonem—

Words derived from “plămân”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Latin pulmōnem →