Where does “porumeneti” come from?

porumeneti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

porumeneti (Serbo-Croatian): to become/turn rosy, pink, ruddy, rubicund, red

Definitions

  1. to become/turn rosy, pink, ruddy, rubicund, red

Ancestry of “porumeneti”, step by step

porumeneti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpohalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Serbo-Croatianpolpole; sex; gender
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Serbo-Croatian rumeneti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrumenetito be or become/turn rosy, pink, ruddy, rubicund,...
2Serbo-Croatianrùmenrosy, ruddy, pink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →