Where does “seca” come from?

seca (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian seka, from Serbo-Croatian -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

seca (Romanian): to strip; to drain, exhaust, empty; to dry up

Definitions

  1. to strip; to drain, exhaust, empty; to dry up

Ancestry of “seca”, step by step

seca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian seka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansekasis
2Serbo-Croatian-kaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

via Latin secō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecōto cut, cut off
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “seca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ka →
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