Where does “читанка” come from?
читанка (Bulgarian) comes from Russian -а́нка, from Polish -anka, from Polish -anin, from Proto-Slavic -janinъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
читанка (Bulgarian): primary school textbook with literary passages, reader
Definitions
- primary school textbook with literary passages, reader
Ancestry of “читанка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | -а́нка | used after hushing consonants (ш ж ч щ) and ц |
| 2 | Polish | -anka | Zaręba → Zarębianka; Purely structural suffix,... |
| 3 | Polish | -anin | Forms nouns meaning: an inhabitant |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |