Where does “jertfă” come from?

jertfă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic жрьтва, from Proto-Slavic žьrtva, from Proto-Slavic -tva, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.

jertfă (Romanian): sacrifice; oblation, offering; victim

Definitions

  1. sacrifice; oblation, offering; victim

Ancestry of “jertfă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicжрьтваsacrifice
2Proto-Slavicžьrtvasacrifice
3Proto-Slavic-tvaDeverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,...
4Proto-Indo-European-tweh₂Forms nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-eh₂—

Words derived from “jertfă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -tva →Every word from Proto-Slavic žьrtva →