Where does “maslă” come from?

maslă (Romanian) comes from Russian масть, from Proto-Slavic mastь, from Proto-Slavic -tь, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

maslă (Romanian): the four suits of playing cards

Definitions

  1. the four suits of playing cards

Ancestry of “maslă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмастьcolor; suit
2Proto-Slavicmastьointment
3Proto-Slavic-tьDeverbative, creates nouns denoting act, state,...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “maslă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Slavic -tь →Every word from Proto-Slavic mastь →