Where does “feta” come from?

feta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian fetta, from Latin findere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

feta (Serbo-Croatian): slice

Definitions

  1. slice

Ancestry of “feta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfettaslice; piece
2Latinfinderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin findere →