Where does “palacinka” come from?
palacinka (Slovak) comes from Hungarian palacsinta, from Romanian plăcintă, from Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, from Ancient Greek πλακόεις, from Ancient Greek πλάξ, from Proto-Hellenic pləks — flat.
palacinka (Slovak): pancake, crêpe
Ancestry of “palacinka”, step by step