uita

Etymology
, a frequentative based on (via its past participle ). Compare 🇨🇬.

The second sense of "to look at", used reflexively, may have arisen through its use in an expression "a se uita pe sine", to forget oneself, by extension to remain still, and finally to look (compare semantic evolution of as a possible parallel). Alternative theories for the second sense include separate etymologies such as a or a hypothetical root, derived from an expression , but both are uncertain and improbable.

Verb

 * 1)  to forget
 * 2)  to look (at)