Where does “плавильня” come from?
плавильня (Russian) comes from Russian -льня, from Ukrainian -́ня, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
плавильня (Russian): foundry, smeltery
Definitions
- foundry, smeltery
Ancestry of “плавильня”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | -льня | Used to form nouns referring to places from verbs |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -́ня | forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -а | used to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |