Where does “bavetă” come from?

bavetă (Romanian) comes from French bavette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

bavetă (Romanian): bib

Definitions

  1. bib

Ancestry of “bavetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbavettebib; bavette
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

Words derived from “bavetă

Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-Every word from French -etteEvery word from Hungarian iszik
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