Where does “-oaia” come from?
-oaia (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ă, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
-oaia (Romanian): suffix forming many feminine Romanian surnames
Definitions
- suffix forming many feminine Romanian surnames
Ancestry of “-oaia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | -ă | Forms certain female equivalent nouns |
| 2 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
Words derived from “-oaia”