Where does “-awica” come from?

-awica (Polish) comes from Polish -ica, from Old Polish -ica, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

-awica (Polish): forms feminine deverbals

Definitions

  1. forms feminine deverbals

Ancestry of “-awica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-icaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
2Old Polish-icaforms feminine nouns
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “-awica

Every word from Proto-Slavic -icaEvery word from Polish -icaEvery word from Old Polish -ica