Where does “lăiță” come from?

lăiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Ancestry of “lăiță”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	-iță	Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
2	Old Church Slavonic	-ица	—
3	Proto-Slavic	-ica	děva → děvica; muxa → mušica; *noga →...