Where does “gâțișoară” come from?

gâțișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian gata, from Proto-Slavic gotovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gatawas, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- — to step.

Ancestry of “gâțișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniangataready, willing; done; readily, willingly
2Proto-Slavicgotovъready
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*gatawas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂-to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gatawas →Every word from Proto-Slavic gotovъ →
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