Where does “столбец” come from?

столбец (Russian) comes from Russian -е́ц, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

столбец (Russian): column

Definitions

  1. column

Ancestry of “столбец”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-е́цer, -an, -ian (nominal suffix for agent nouns or nouns designating persons)
2Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
3Lithuanian-ikas—
4Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Russian -е́ц →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →