Where does “електричка” come from?
електричка (Bulgarian) comes from Russian электри́чка, from Russian электри́ческий, from Russian -и́ческий, from Russian -и́к, from Latin -icum, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
електричка (Bulgarian): electric train for short-distance routes
Definitions
- electric train for short-distance routes
Ancestry of “електричка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | электри́чка | suburban electric train |
| 2 | Russian | электри́ческий | electric |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ческий | adjectival suffix; -ic |
| 4 | Russian | -и́к | er, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist |
| 5 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |