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Where does “клинка” come from?

клинка (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кли̏нац, from Serbo-Croatian -ац, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

клинка (Serbo-Croatian): a small girl

Definitions

  1. a small girl

Ancestry of “клинка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкли̏нац—
2Serbo-Croatian-ацSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
3Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
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