Where does “dieciță” come from?

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

dieciță (Romanian): a scribe's wife

Definitions

  1. a scribe's wife

Ancestry of “dieciță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
2Old Church Slavonic-ица
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -icaEvery word from Romanian -ițăEvery word from Old Church Slavonic -ица
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