Where does “песец” come from?
песец (Russian) comes from Russian пиздец, from Russian -е́ц, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
песец (Russian): arctic fox, polar fox
Definitions
- arctic fox, polar fox
Ancestry of “песец”, step by step
песец traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пиздец
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пиздец | extreme degree of anything; fuckload, shitload,... |
| 2 | Russian | -е́ц | er, -an, -ian (nominal suffix for agent nouns or nouns designating persons) |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |