Where does “Ocnița” come from?

Ocnița (English) comes from Romanian Ocnița, from Romanian ocniță, from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Ancestry of “Ocnița”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianOcnițasmall mine
2Romanianocnițăsmall mine
3Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
4Old Church Slavonic-ица—
5Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Romanian -iță →Every word from Romanian ocniță →