Where does “лыжня” come from?
лыжня (Russian) comes from Russian -ня́, from Proto-Slavic *-ьňa, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
лыжня (Russian): ski track, trail left by a pair of skis, or one...
Definitions
- ski track, trail left by a pair of skis, or one...
Ancestry of “лыжня”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -ня́ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *-ьňa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |