Where does “fentă” come from?

fentă (Romanian) comes from French feinter, from French feinte, from French feindre, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

fentă (Romanian): feint

Definitions

feint

Ancestry of “fentă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	feinter	to feint
2	French	feinte	feint, dummy; first-person singular present...
3	French	feindre	to fake; to feign
4	Old French	feindre	to feign
5	Latin	fingere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
6	Proto-Indo-European	dʰeyǵʰ-	to knead; to form, to shape

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →