Where does “vătuiaș” come from?

vătuiaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian vătui, from Romanian vată, from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “vătuiaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvătuiyearling kid or hare; to pad; to wad
2Romanianvatăwadding; cotton, cotton ball/pad, cotton wool
3GermanWattecotton wool
4Dutchwattencotton wool
5Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...
Every word from French ouate →