Where does “-ица” come from?
-ица (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Ancestry of “-ица”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | -ица | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ica | *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →... |