Where does “начальничий” come from?

начальничий (Russian) comes from Russian -ий, from Church Slavonic -ии, from Proto-Slavic -ьjь — From titural nouns, forming adjectives; From...

начальничий (Russian): overbearing, imperious

Definitions

  1. overbearing, imperious

Ancestry of “начальничий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ийforms relational and possessive adjectives from...
2Church Slavonic-ии—
3Proto-Slavic-ьjьFrom titural nouns, forming adjectives; From...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьjь →Every word from Russian -ий →Every word from Church Slavonic -ии →
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