Where does “зазнобушка” come from?
зазнобушка (Russian) comes from Russian -у́шка, from Ukrainian -уха, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
зазнобушка (Russian): Diminutive of зазно́ба
Ancestry of “зазнобушка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -у́шка | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -уха | — |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -а | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |