Where does “fotă” come from?
fotă (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish فوطه, from Sanskrit पोत, from Proto-Indo-European *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
fotă (Romanian): a kind of peasant's skirt or a type of apron
Definitions
- a kind of peasant's skirt or a type of apron
Ancestry of “fotă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | فوطه | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पोत | The young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc; An... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |