Where does “perniță” come from?
perniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian pernă, from Serbo-Croatian perina, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
perniță (Romanian): Diminutive of pernă; pincushion
Definitions
- Diminutive of pernă; pincushion
Ancestry of “perniță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | pernă | pillow; cushion |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | perina | pillow |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | -ina | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |