Where does “Ploješť” come from?

Ploješť (Slovak) comes from Romanian Ploiești, from Romanian ploaie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

Ancestry of “Ploješť”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPloiești
2Romanianploaierain
3Vulgar Latinplovia
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwetiEvery word from Proto-Italic plowōEvery word from Latin pluit