Where does “pensetă” come from?

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

pensetă (Romanian): tweezers; pincers

Definitions

  1. tweezers; pincers

Ancestry of “pensetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpincettetongs; tweezers
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 →