Where does “usánka” come from?
usánka (Hungarian) comes from Russian уша́нка, from Russian -а́нка, from Polish -anka, from Polish -anin, from Proto-Slavic -janinъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
usánka (Hungarian): ushanka
Ancestry of “usánka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | уша́нка | — |
| 2 | Russian | -а́нка | — |
| 3 | Polish | -anka | Zaręba → Zarębianka; Purely structural suffix,... |
| 4 | Polish | -anin | Forms nouns meaning: an inhabitant |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |