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Where does “-eancă” come from?

-eancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian -că, from Old Church Slavonic -ъка, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

-eancă (Romanian): female equivalent of -ean

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of -ean

Ancestry of “-eancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-că—
2Old Church Slavonic-ъка—
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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