Where does “ploșnițoasă” come from?

ploșnițoasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian ploșniță, from Proto-Slavic ploskъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plak-ska-.

ploșnițoasă (Romanian): bug orchid (Anacamptis coriophora)

Definitions

  1. bug orchid (Anacamptis coriophora)

Ancestry of “ploșnițoasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianploșnițăbedbug
2Proto-Slavicploskъflat
3Proto-Balto-Slavicplak-ska-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic plak-ska- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ploskъ →Every word from Romanian ploșniță →