Where does “Sloveanca” come from?
Sloveanca (Romanian) comes from Ukrainian слов'я́нка, from Old East Slavic *словѣнъка, from Proto-Slavic *slověnъka.
Ancestry of “Sloveanca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | слов'я́нка | female Slav |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | *словѣнъка | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *slověnъka | — |