English
Rîbnița
Rîbnița comes from Romanian Rîbnița, from Old East Slavic рꙑба ‘fish’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ryba.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*ryba‘fish’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernрꙑба‘fish’
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernРыбница
- Romanianc. 1500–presentRîbnița
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*ryba‘fish’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernрꙑба‘fish’
- Old East Slavic, derivedmodernРыбница
- Romanianc. 1500–presentRîbnița
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Slavic *ryba
Today it means
name A town in Moldova.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *ryba / Rîbnița