Where does “водичарка” come from?
водичарка (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian водичар, from Macedonian -ар, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “водичарка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | водичар | a person, often one of a group, who visits houses and sings religious or secular songs, at Epiphany |
| 2 | Macedonian | -ар | Suffix appended to words to create a masculine... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ařь | -er |
| 4 | Gothic | -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |