Where does “paietă” come from?

paietă (Romanian) comes from French paillette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

paietă (Romanian): spangle

Definitions

  1. spangle

Ancestry of “paietă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaillettesequin
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta—
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →Every word from French -ette →Every word from Hungarian iszik →