Where does “prăpădui” come from?

prăpădui (Romanian) comes from Romanian prăpăd, from Romanian prăpădi, from Bulgarian пропадам, from Bulgarian па́дам, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.

prăpădui (Romanian): to ravage

Definitions

  1. to ravage

Ancestry of “prăpădui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprăpădhavoc
2Romanianprăpădito ravage, lay waste, annihilate, destroy; to...
3Bulgarianпропадамto fall through, to sink to fall suddenly into a deep hollow, hole, opening, or empty space
4Bulgarianпа́дамto fall, to drop to descend into a lower position
5Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down
Every word from Proto-Slavic pàdatiEvery word from Bulgarian па́дамEvery word from Bulgarian пропадам