Where does “medvědice” come from?

medvědice (Czech) comes from Old Czech medvědicě, from Old Czech -icě, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

medvědice (Czech): she-bear, sow

Definitions

  1. she-bear, sow

Ancestry of “medvědice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechmedvědicěshe-bear, sow female bear
2Old Czech-icěsuffix indicating that the word is of the feminine gender
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Old Czech -icě →Every word from Old Czech medvědicě →