Where does “poeniță” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poeniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpoienițăsmall glade
2Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
3Old Church Slavonic-ица—
4Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Romanian -iță →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ица →