Where does “курсистка” come from?

курсистка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

курсистка (Russian): female student

Definitions

  1. female student

Ancestry of “курсистка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →