Where does “rendzina” come from?
rendzina (English) comes from Polish rędzina, from Polish -ina, from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
rendzina (English): A dark soil that sometimes develops under grass...
Definitions
- A dark soil that sometimes develops under grass...
Ancestry of “rendzina”, step by step
rendzina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish rędzina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | rędzina | rendzina |
| 2 | Polish | -ina | appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of |
| 3 | Old Polish | -ina | forms feminine nouns of various meanings |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |
via French rendzine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rendzine | — |