Where does “pustelnica” come from?

pustelnica (Polish) comes from Polish pustelnik, from Polish pustelnia, from Polish pusto, from Polish -o, from Polish -a, from Old Polish -ą, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

Ancestry of “pustelnica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpustelnikanchorite, eremite, hermit
2Polishpustelniahermitage
3Polishpustoemptily
4Polish-o-ly; ly
5Polish-aforms nominative feminine nouns
6Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
7Proto-Slavic-aid
8Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Polish -o →Every word from Polish -a →