Where does “-ница” come from?

-ница (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -а, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

-ница (Serbo-Croatian): female equivalent of -ник

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of -ник

Ancestry of “-ница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-аSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-aid
3Proto-Indo-European-ōd—

Words derived from “-ница”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -а →