Where does “лихновьць” come from?

лихновьць (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ьць, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

лихновьць (Old Church Slavonic): the devil

Definitions

  1. the devil

Ancestry of “лихновьць”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ьцьdiminutive, small
2Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
3Lithuanian-ikas—
4Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →