Where does “lejancă” come from?
lejancă (Romanian) comes from Russian лежанка, from Russian -а́нка, from Polish -anka, from Polish -anin, from Proto-Slavic -janinъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
lejancă (Romanian): sleeping ledge above a chimney stove
Definitions
- sleeping ledge above a chimney stove
Ancestry of “lejancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | лежанка | sleeping ledge above a Russian chimney stove;... |
| 2 | Russian | -а́нка | used after hushing consonants (ш ж ч щ) and ц |
| 3 | Polish | -anka | Zaręba → Zarębianka; Purely structural suffix,... |
| 4 | Polish | -anin | Forms nouns meaning: an inhabitant |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |