Where does “izbă” come from?

izbă (Romanian) comes from Russian изба́, from Old East Slavic изъба, from Proto-Slavic jьstъba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

izbă (Romanian): izba, wood house typical of Russia

Definitions

  1. izba, wood house typical of Russia

Ancestry of “izbă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianизба́peasant house
2Old East Slavicизъба—
3Proto-Slavicjьstъbaroom
4Proto-Germanic*stubu—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu →Every word from Proto-Slavic jьstъba →Every word from Old East Slavic изъба →