Where does “rendzinic” come from?
rendzinic (English) comes from English rendzina, from Polish rędzina, from Polish -ina, from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
rendzinic (English): Of or relating to rendzina soils
Definitions
- Of or relating to rendzina soils
Ancestry of “rendzinic”, step by step
rendzinic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rendzina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rendzina | A dark soil that sometimes develops under grass... |
| 2 | Polish | rędzina | rendzina |
| 3 | Polish | -ina | appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ina | forms feminine nouns of various meanings |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |