Where does “grizetă” come from?

grizetă (Romanian) comes from French grisette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

grizetă (Romanian): grisette

Definitions

  1. grisette

Ancestry of “grizetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchgrisetteA cheap grey fabric
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-Every word from French -etteEvery word from Hungarian iszik
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