Where does “мещани́н” come from?
мещани́н (Russian) comes from Polish mieszczanin, from Polish -anin, from Proto-Slavic -janinъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
мещани́н (Russian): petty bourgeois, petit bourgeois member of a social estate in the Russian Empire comprising the urban lower middle class
Definitions
- petty bourgeois, petit bourgeois member of a social estate in the Russian Empire comprising the urban lower middle class
Ancestry of “мещани́н”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | mieszczanin | burgher; townsman |
| 2 | Polish | -anin | Forms nouns meaning: an inhabitant |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |