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Where does “-ota” come from?

-ota (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

-ota (Polish): noun suffix

Definitions

  1. noun suffix

Ancestry of “-ota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—

Words derived from “-ota”

  • Janota
  • głuchota
  • ciepłota
  • biedota
  • niemota
  • Lasota
  • Czarnota
  • ślepota
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →