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Where does “лёжка” come from?

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

лёжка (Russian): lying , lying position; lair, den, place where...

Definitions

  1. lying , lying position; lair, den, place where...

Ancestry of “лёжка”, 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 →