Where does “табакерка” come from?

табакерка (Russian) comes from Italian tabacchiera, from Italian -iera, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

табакерка (Russian): snuffbox

Definitions

  1. snuffbox

Ancestry of “табакерка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantabacchierasnuffbox
2Italian-ieraAdded to nouns to form other concrete nouns; -er;...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “табакерка

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Italian -iera