Where does “plămâniță” come from?

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

Ancestry of “plămâniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplămânlung
2Latinpulmōnem
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmōEvery word from Latin pulmōnem