Where does “saloantă” come from?

saloantă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian szalonka, from Polish słonka, from Old Polish słąka.

saloantă (Romanian): Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Definitions

  1. Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Ancestry of “saloantă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszalonkasnipe
2Polishsłonkawoodcock (any bird in the genus Scolopax), especially the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
3Old Polishsłąka—
Every word from Old Polish słąka →Every word from Polish słonka →Every word from Hungarian szalonka →