Where does “sajă” come from?

sajă (Romanian) comes from Russian сажа, from Proto-Slavic saďa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sṓdjāˀ.

sajă (Romanian): soot

Definitions

  1. soot

Ancestry of “sajă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсажаsoot
2Proto-Slavicsaďasoot
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*sṓdjāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sṓdjāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic saďa →Every word from Russian сажа →