Where does “ученица” come from?
ученица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
ученица (Serbo-Croatian): pupil
Ancestry of “ученица”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -ица | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ica | *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →... |