Where does “мечька” come from?

мечька (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *mečьka — she-bear.

мечька (Old East Slavic): she-bear

Definitions

  1. she-bear

Ancestry of “мечька”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*mečьkashe-bear
Every word from Proto-Slavic *mečьka