Where does “-ca” come from?

-ca (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьca, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

-ca (Old Polish): forms agent nouns

Definitions

  1. forms agent nouns

Ancestry of “-ca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьcaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deverbal , forms...
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—

Words derived from “-ca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьca →