Where does “naukowczyni” come from?

naukowczyni (Polish) comes from Polish naukowiec, from Polish -owiec, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “naukowczyni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnaukowiecscientist, scholar
2Polish-owiec-er; appended to some fruit or seed names to form...
3Polish-ecA masculine suffix
4Old Polish-ecforms nouns
5Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
6Lithuanian-ikas—
7Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Polish -ec →Every word from Polish -owiec →