Where does “vițea” come from?
vițea (Romanian) comes from Latin vitella, from Latin vitula, from Latin vitulus, from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.
vițea (Romanian): heifer, young female calf
Definitions
- heifer, young female calf
Ancestry of “vițea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vitella | — |
| 2 | Latin | vitula | a young cow, a female calf, a heifer; a stringed... |
| 3 | Latin | vitulus | a bull calf |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wetelo- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wet- | year; year-old |