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

  1. short children's horror story; information meant...

Ancestry of “страшилка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-лка-er
2Ukrainian-ка—
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Ukrainian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →