Where does “lifteluță” come from?

lifteluță (Romanian) comes from Romanian liftă, from Russian Литва́, from Old East Slavic литъва, from Lithuanian Lietuvà, from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā.

Ancestry of “lifteluță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianliftăa person that is not an Orthodox Christian
2RussianЛитва́Baltic tribes around the Neman and Daugava river basins, predecessors of modern Lithuanians
3Old East SlavicлитъваAukštaitians; Lithuanians
4LithuanianLietuvàLithuania
5Proto-SlavicLētuvā—
Every word from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā →Every word from Lithuanian Lietuvà →Every word from Old East Slavic литъва →