Where does “copită” come from?
copită (Romanian) comes from Russian копыто, from Proto-Slavic kopyto, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.
copită (Romanian): hoof
Ancestry of “copită”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | копыто | hoof |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kopyto | claw; hoof of an animal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱoph₂ós | hoof |