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Where does “-nīca” come from?

-nīca (Latvian) comes from Old East Slavic -ница.

-nīca (Latvian): Added to nouns and adjectives to derive nouns of...

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  1. Added to nouns and adjectives to derive nouns of...

Ancestry of “-nīca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavic-ница—

Words derived from “-nīca”

  • grāmatnīca
  • maiznīca
  • tintnīca
  • vārdnīca
  • olnīca
  • mēnesnīca
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