Where does “птичка” come from?

птичка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

птичка (Russian): birdie, little bird, birdling

Definitions

  1. birdie, little bird, birdling

Ancestry of “птичка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂