Where does “dzămușcă” come from?

dzămușcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ușcă, from Old Church Slavonic -ушька.

Ancestry of “dzămușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ușcăForms feminine diminutives of nouns
2Old Church Slavonic-ушька
Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ушькаEvery word from Romanian -ușcă
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