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

  1. a person that is not an Orthodox Christian

Ancestry of “liftă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛитва́Baltic tribes around the Neman and Daugava river basins, predecessors of modern Lithuanians
2Old East SlavicлитъваAukštaitians; Lithuanians
3LithuanianLietuvàLithuania
4Proto-SlavicLētuvā—

Words derived from “liftă”

Every word from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā →Every word from Lithuanian Lietuvà →Every word from Old East Slavic литъва →