Where does “fotiță” come from?
fotiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian fotă, 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.
Ancestry of “fotiță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fotă | a kind of peasant's skirt or a type of apron |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فوطه | apron |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पोत | The young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |