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Where does “-ина” come from?

-ина (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Ancestry of “-ина”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “-ина”

  • десятина
  • лепнина
  • четвертина
  • смотри́на
  • смотрины
  • писанина
  • осетрина
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