Where does “scripcă” come from?
scripcă (Romanian) comes from Russian скри́пка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.
scripcă (Romanian): fiddle
Ancestry of “scripcă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | скри́пка | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ка | now, just |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |