Where does “taică” come from?

taică (Romanian) comes from Romanian maică, from Serbo-Croatian mȃjka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

taică (Romanian): father, dad, dear old dad

Definitions

  1. father, dad, dear old dad

Ancestry of “taică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmaicămother
2Serbo-Croatianmȃjkamother
3Czech-kaAppended to words to create a feminine version of...
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “taică”

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