Where does “mieścina” come from?
mieścina (Polish) comes from Polish -ina, from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
mieścina (Polish): backwater, one-horse town
Definitions
- backwater, one-horse town
Ancestry of “mieścina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | -ina | appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of |
| 2 | Old Polish | -ina | forms feminine nouns of various meanings |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |