Where does “студенец” come from?
студенец (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic студеньць, from Proto-Slavic studenьcь, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
студенец (Russian): spring; well
Ancestry of “студенец”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | студеньць | spring; spring, source |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | studenьcь | cold source |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |