Where does “пещерный кузнечик” come from?
пещерный кузнечик (Russian) comes from Russian кузне́чик, from Russian -и́к, from Latin -icum, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
пещерный кузнечик (Russian): cave cricket (Rhaphidophoridae)
Definitions
- cave cricket (Rhaphidophoridae)
Ancestry of “пещерный кузнечик”, step by step
пещерный кузнечик traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian кузне́чик
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | кузне́чик | bush-cricket |
| 2 | Russian | -и́к | er, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist |
| 3 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |