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Where does “-льня” come from?

-льня (Russian) comes from Ukrainian -́ня, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

-льня (Russian): Used to form nouns referring to places from verbs

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns referring to places from verbs

Ancestry of “-льня”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-́ня—
2Ukrainian-а—
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “-льня”

  • почивальня
  • коптильня
  • ожидальня
  • опочивальня
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →