Where does “chłopięcina” come from?

chłopięcina (Polish) comes from Polish chłopię, from Polish -ę, from Old Polish -ę, from Proto-Slavic -ę, from Proto-Indo-European -ę.

Ancestry of “chłopięcina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchłopięboy
2Polish-ęForms neuter nouns, especially referring to young...
3Old Polish-ęforms neuter nouns, especially referring to young animals or, more rarely, young people
4Proto-Slavic-ęForms nouns for young animals and other...
5Proto-Indo-European-ę—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ę →Every word from Polish -ę →Every word from Old Polish -ę →