Where does “толстенький” come from?

толстенький (Russian) comes from Russian то́лстый, from Russian -щина — Suffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism.

толстенький (Russian): Diminutive of то́лстый

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of то́лстый

Ancestry of “толстенький”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianто́лстыйstout
2Russian-щинаSuffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism
Every word from Russian -щина →Every word from Russian то́лстый →