Where does “kaczuszka” come from?

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

kaczuszka (Polish): duckling

Definitions

  1. duckling

Ancestry of “kaczuszka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-uszka—
2Old Polish-uszka—
3Old Polish-uchaforms nouns
4Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
5Proto-Slavic-aid
6Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Polish -uszka →