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

  1. Diminutive of pernă; pincushion

Ancestry of “perniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpernăpillow; cushion
2Serbo-Croatianperinapillow
3Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
4Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ina →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ina →Every word from Serbo-Croatian perina →