Where does “Zamĉjo” come from?

Zamĉjo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ĉjo, from Russian -ша, from Low German -sche — creates the female form of persons or animals.

Zamĉjo (Esperanto): L. L. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto

Definitions

  1. L. L. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto

Ancestry of “Zamĉjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-ĉjoForms affectionate derivatives of masculine names
2Russian-шагенера́л + API → генера́льша; секрета́рь + API...
3Low German-schecreates the female form of persons or animals
Every word from Low German -sche →Every word from Russian -ша →Every word from Esperanto -ĉjo →