Where does “maică” come from?

maică (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mȃjka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

maică (Romanian): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “maică”, step by step

maică traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian mȃjka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmȃjkamother
2Czech-kaAppended to words to create a feminine version of...
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

via Bulgarian ма́йка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianма́йкаchild, mummy term of endearment used by a mother when addressing her child

Words derived from “maică

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kosEvery word from Czech -kaEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ъka