Where does “переселенец” come from?
переселенец (Russian) comes from Russian -е́ц, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
переселенец (Russian): migrant, settler, immigrant
Definitions
- migrant, settler, immigrant
Ancestry of “переселенец”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -е́ц | er, -an, -ian (nominal suffix for agent nouns or nouns designating persons) |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 3 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |