Where does “отличница” come from?
отличница (Russian) comes from Russian -ни́ца, from Russian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
отличница (Russian): female equivalent of отли́чник
Definitions
- female equivalent of отли́чник
Ancestry of “отличница”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | -ни́ца | — |
| 2 | Russian | -а | Noun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |