Where does “ploșniță” come from?
ploșniță (Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic ploskъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plak-ska-.
ploșniță (Romanian): bedbug
Ancestry of “ploșniță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | ploskъ | flat |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | plak-ska- | — |