Where does “ursoaică” come from?
ursoaică (Romanian) comes from Romanian -oaică, from Slavic -ojka, from Old Czech ojě, from Proto-Slavic oje, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyHsos.
ursoaică (Romanian): she-bear
Ancestry of “ursoaică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | -oaică | used to form the feminine of a masculine noun... |
| 2 | Slavic | -ojka | — |
| 3 | Old Czech | ojě | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | oje | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oyHsos | — |