Where does “люспеница” come from?

люспеница (Bulgarian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -еница, from Serbo-Croatian -еник, from Ukrainian -ик, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

люспеница (Bulgarian): silverfish wingless insect of order Zygentoma

Definitions

  1. silverfish wingless insect of order Zygentoma

Ancestry of “люспеница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-еницаfemale equivalent of -еник
2Serbo-Croatian-еникSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
3Ukrainian-икer, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Ukrainian -ик →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -еница →