Where does “szmacina” come from?

szmacina (Polish) comes from Polish -ina, from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

szmacina (Polish): rag, tatter

Definitions

  1. rag, tatter

Ancestry of “szmacina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-inaappended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames (ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go) to form nouns meaning: wife of
2Old Polish-inaforms feminine nouns of various meanings
3Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...
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