Where does “săpoichiță” come from?

săpoichiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian săpoaică, from Romanian -oaică, from Slavic -ojka, from Old Czech ojě, from Proto-Slavic oje, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyHsos.

Ancestry of “săpoichiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansăpoaicăhoe
2Romanian-oaicăused to form the feminine of a masculine noun...
3Slavic-ojka—
4Old Czechojěthill
5Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyHsos →