σπάγκος m (spágkos) Inherited from Byzantine Greek σπάγγος (spángos), from Italian spago. The figurative 'skinflint' sense is derivable from σπαγγ(οραμμένος)...
German: Spage → Serbo-Croatian: шпа́га (“špága”) → Czech: špagát → Greek: σπάγγος (spángos) → Greek: σπαγγέτι (spangéti) → Japanese: スパゲッティ → Russian: спагетти...
Georgian: სიმი (ka) (simi), ბაწარი (ka) (bac̣ari) German: Schnur (de) f Greek: σπάγγος (el) m (spángos), σπάγκος (el) m (spágkos), κλωστή (el) f (klostí) Ancient:...