Where does “ризничий” come from?

ризничий (Russian) comes from Russian ризница, from Russian -ни́ца, from Russian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

ризничий (Russian): sexton, sacristan

Definitions

  1. sexton, sacristan

Ancestry of “ризничий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianризница"church" sacristy, vestry
2Russian-ни́ца—
3Russian-аNoun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of...
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Russian -ни́ца →