Where does “бачка” come from?
бачка (Erzya) comes from Russian ба́тюшка, from Russian -ю́шка, from Russian -у́шка, from Ukrainian -уха, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
бачка (Erzya): priest
Ancestry of “бачка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ба́тюшка | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ю́шка | — |
| 3 | Russian | -у́шка | — |
| 4 | Ukrainian | -уха | — |
| 5 | Ukrainian | -а | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |