Where does “иркутянин” come from?
иркутянин (Russian) comes from Russian Ирку́тск, from Russian -ск, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
иркутянин (Russian): citizen of Irkutsk
Ancestry of “иркутянин”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Ирку́тск | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ск | A suffix used in place names |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьskъ | -ic, -ish |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |