Where does “крокодилий” come from?

крокодилий (Russian) comes from Russian -ий, from Church Slavonic -ии, from Proto-Slavic -ьjь — From titural nouns, forming adjectives; From...

крокодилий (Russian): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “крокодилий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ийforms relational and possessive adjectives from...
2Church Slavonic-ии—
3Proto-Slavic-ьjьFrom titural nouns, forming adjectives; From...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьjь →Every word from Russian -ий →Every word from Church Slavonic -ии →