Where does “охра́нка” come from?

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

охра́нка (Russian): okhrana "Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order", the secret police force of the Russian Empire operational from 1866 to 1917

Definitions

  1. okhrana "Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order", the secret police force of the Russian Empire operational from 1866 to 1917

Ancestry of “охра́нка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂

Words derived from “охра́нка

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂Every word from Russian -каEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьka