Where does “-у́шка” come from?

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

-у́шка (Russian): (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)

Definitions

  1. (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)

Ancestry of “-у́шка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-уха—
2Ukrainian-аused to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “-у́шка”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Ukrainian -а →