Where does “Ocnița” come from?

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

Ocnița (Romanian): small mine

Definitions

  1. small mine

Ancestry of “Ocnița”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Ocnița”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Romanian -iță →Every word from Romanian ocniță →