Where does “-uszka” come from?

-uszka (Polish) comes from Old Polish -uszka, from Old Polish -ucha, from Old Polish -ą, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

Ancestry of “-uszka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-uszka—
2Old Polish-uchaforms nouns
3Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
4Proto-Slavic-aid
5Proto-Indo-European-ōd—

Words derived from “-uszka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Old Polish -ą →
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