Where does “Dumbrăvița” come from?
Dumbrăvița (English) comes from Romanian Dumbrăvița, from Romanian dumbrăviță, from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Ancestry of “Dumbrăvița”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Dumbrăvița | — |
| 2 | Romanian | dumbrăviță | — |
| 3 | Romanian | -iță | Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | -ица | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ica | *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →... |