Etymology

mamalyga

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Polish mamałyga ← Ukrainian мамали́ґа ← Romanian mămăligă
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The story

  1. Romanian · derived frommămăligă
  2. Ukrainian · derived fromмамали́ґа
  3. Polish · borrowed frommamałyga
  4. English todaymamalyga

From Polish mamałyga or Ukrainian мамали́ґа (mamalýga), ultimately from Romanian mămăligă.

Words from the same roots

Romanianmămăligă all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.