Where does “таямніца” come from?

таямніца (Belarusian) comes from Polish tajemnica, from Polish -ica, from Old Polish -ica, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

таямніца (Belarusian): mystery (something secret or unexplainable)

Definitions

  1. mystery (something secret or unexplainable)

Ancestry of “таямніца”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtajemnicasecret
2Polish-icaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
3Old Polish-icaforms feminine nouns
4Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Polish -ica →Every word from Old Polish -ica →