Where does “vițelușă” come from?

vițelușă (Romanian) comes from Romanian vițea, from Latin vitella, from Latin vitula, from Latin vitulus, from Proto-Indo-European wetelo-, from Proto-Indo-European wet- — year; year-old.

vițelușă (Romanian): small heifer

Definitions

  1. small heifer

Ancestry of “vițelușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvițeaheifer, young female calf
2Latinvitella—
3Latinvitulaa young cow, a female calf, a heifer; a stringed...
4Latinvitulusa bull calf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwetelo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwet-year; year-old
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