Where does “pucioasă” come from?

pucioasă (Romanian) comes from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

pucioasă (Romanian): brimstone, sulfur

Definitions

  1. brimstone, sulfur

Ancestry of “pucioasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
2Proto-Italicpūtos—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →
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