glonț.

Uncertain. Possibilities include: * Scriban argues that the term is related to grăunte or grunț, both meaning “grain; kernel”. * Per Skok, the term is from borrowed from Serbo-Croatian glonta (“bullet”), which he derives from German Flinte (“little rifle”). * Per Cihac, the term is borrowed from Hungarian golyócs (“pellet”) or galacs (“clump”). * Ciorănescu disagrees with the above theories and instead proposes an expressive nature based on its derivatives, suggesting the Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian words are borrowings from Romanian. Compare glonțiș (“cannonball”), glonțan (“gravel”), grunțuros (“rocky”).