Where does “liftă” come from?
liftă (Romanian) comes from Russian Литва́, from Old East Slavic литъва, from Lithuanian Lietuvà, from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā.
liftă (Romanian): a person that is not an Orthodox Christian
Definitions
- a person that is not an Orthodox Christian
Ancestry of “liftă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Литва́ | Baltic tribes around the Neman and Daugava river basins, predecessors of modern Lithuanians |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | литъва | Aukštaitians; Lithuanians |
| 3 | Lithuanian | Lietuvà | Lithuania |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | Lētuvā | — |
Words derived from “liftă”