Where does “doică” come from?
doică (Romanian) comes from Bulgarian до́йка, from Bulgarian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.
doică (Romanian): wet-nurse; babysitter
Ancestry of “doică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | до́йка | — |
| 2 | Bulgarian | -ка | feminine suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |