Where does “Crăciunaș” come from?

Crăciunaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian -aș, from Proto-Slavic -ašь.

Ancestry of “Crăciunaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-așdiminutive suffix
2Proto-Slavic-ašь—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ašь →Every word from Romanian -aș →
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