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Where does “лучница” come from?

лучница (Russian) comes from Russian лу́чник, from Russian лук, from English Look, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

лучница (Russian): archeress, female archer

Definitions

  1. archeress, female archer

Ancestry of “лучница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлу́чник—
2Russianлукonion, onions; bow; appearance, clothing style,...
3EnglishLook—
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-āre—
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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