Where does “pulpișoară” come from?

pulpișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian pulpă, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pulpișoară (Romanian): small calf of the leg

Definitions

  1. small calf of the leg

Ancestry of “pulpișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpulpăcalf; pulp; thigh
2Latinpulpathe soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the...
3Old Latinpelpa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Old Latin pelpa →Every word from Latin pulpa →