Where does “găinușă” come from?
găinușă (Romanian) comes from Romanian găină, from Latin gallīna, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
găinușă (Romanian): Diminutive of găină: little hen; common moorhen;...
Definitions
- Diminutive of găină: little hen; common moorhen;...
Ancestry of “găinușă”, step by step
găinușă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian găină
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | găină | chicken; hen |
| 2 | Latin | gallīna | hen (female chicken) |
| 3 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |