Where does “maștehă” come from?

maștehă (Romanian) comes from Bulgarian ма́щеха, from Proto-Slavic maťexa — stepmother.

maștehă (Romanian): stepmother

Definitions

  1. stepmother

Ancestry of “maștehă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianма́щехаstepmother
2Proto-Slavicmaťexastepmother
Every word from Proto-Slavic maťexa →Every word from Bulgarian ма́щеха →