Where does “почивальня” come from?
почивальня (Russian) comes from Russian -льня, from Ukrainian -́ня, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
почивальня (Russian): bedchamber
Ancestry of “почивальня”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -льня | Used to form nouns referring to places from verbs |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -́ня | — |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -а | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |