Where does “ocniță” come from?

ocniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

ocniță (Romanian): small mine

Definitions

  1. small mine

Ancestry of “ocniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
2Old Church Slavonic-ица
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “ocniță

Every word from Proto-Slavic -icaEvery word from Romanian -ițăEvery word from Old Church Slavonic -ица