Where does “turturiță” come from?

turturiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

turturiță (Romanian): European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Definitions

  1. European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Ancestry of “turturiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
2Old Church Slavonic-ица
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
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