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Where does “бекасёнок” come from?

бекасёнок (Russian) comes from Russian бека́с, from French bécasse, from French bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

бекасёнок (Russian): a young snipe

Definitions

  1. a young snipe

Ancestry of “бекасёнок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбека́с—
2Frenchbécassewoodcock
3Frenchbecbeak, bill; kiss
4Old Frenchbec—
5Latinbeccusbeak, bill
6Latin-āceus—
7Latin-āx—
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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