Where does “ворсянка” come from?

ворсянка (Russian) comes from Belarusian -янка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

ворсянка (Russian): teasel

Definitions

  1. teasel

Ancestry of “ворсянка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Belarusian-янка—
2Russian-каnow, just
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →