Where does “хоккеистка” come from?

хоккеистка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

хоккеистка (Russian): female hockey player; female ice hockey player

Definitions

  1. female hockey player; female ice hockey player

Ancestry of “хоккеистка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →