Where does “страшилка” come from?
страшилка (Russian) comes from Russian -лка, from Ukrainian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
страшилка (Russian): short children's horror story; information meant...
Definitions
- short children's horror story; information meant...
Ancestry of “страшилка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | -лка | -er |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ка | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъka | Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |