Where does “-ina” come from?

-ina (Polish) comes from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

-ina (Polish): appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of

Definitions

  1. appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of

Ancestry of “-ina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-inaforms feminine nouns of various meanings
2Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “-ina

Every word from Proto-Slavic -inaEvery word from Old Polish -ina