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Where does “подъюбник” come from?

подъюбник (Russian) comes from Russian -ни́к, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

подъюбник (Russian): underskirt, slip

Definitions

  1. underskirt, slip

Ancestry of “подъюбник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ни́к—
2Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
3Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →