Where does “lăieșiță” come from?

lăieșiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian lăieș, from Romanian laie, from Romanian lai, from Albanian ljaj.

Ancestry of “lăieșiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlăieșnomadic Roma person
2Romanianlaienominative feminine singular of lai; accusative...
3Romanianlaiblack (or black mixed with white), gray
4Albanianljaj—
Every word from Albanian ljaj →