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Where does “-ья́” come from?

-ья́ (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьjà — collective.

Ancestry of “-ья́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьjàcollective

Words derived from “-ья́”

  • полынья
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