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