Where does “Батюшков” come from?
Батюшков (Russian) comes from Russian ба́тюшка, from Russian -ю́шка, from Russian -у́шка, from Ukrainian -уха, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
Ancestry of “Батюшков”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ба́тюшка | father parent |
| 2 | Russian | -ю́шка | — |
| 3 | Russian | -у́шка | (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning) |
| 4 | Ukrainian | -уха | — |
| 5 | Ukrainian | -а | used to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |