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Where does “дедушка” come from?

дедушка (Russian) comes from Russian -у́шка, from Ukrainian -уха, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

дедушка (Russian): grandfather; old man; top of the house, ninety in...

Definitions

  1. grandfather; old man; top of the house, ninety in...

Ancestry of “дедушка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-у́шка—
2Ukrainian-уха—
3Ukrainian-а—
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →