Where does “dzieżyca” come from?

dzieżyca (Polish) comes from Polish -yca, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Ancestry of “dzieżyca”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Polish	-yca	Forms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
2	Proto-Slavic	-ica	děva → děvica; muxa → mušica; *noga →...