Where does “casâncă” come from?

casâncă (Romanian) comes from Russian косынка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

casâncă (Romanian): headscarf

Definitions

  1. headscarf

Ancestry of “casâncă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкосынкаthree-cornered kerchief, babushka
2Russian-каnow, just
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →