Where does “чудачка” come from?

чудачка (Russian) comes from Russian чуда́к, from Russian чуди́ть, from Russian чу́до, from Old East Slavic чудо, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

чудачка (Russian): weirdo, oddball

Definitions

  1. weirdo, oddball

Ancestry of “чудачка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianчуда́кan oddball, eccentric, weirdo
2Russianчуди́тьto act weirdly, to fool about
3Russianчу́доmiracle
4Old East Slavicчудоmiracle
5Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
6Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
7Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Proto-Slavic čudo →