Where does “-ika” come from?

-ika (Polish) comes from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-ika (Polish): ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially

Definitions

  1. ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially

Ancestry of “-ika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
2Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ika”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →
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