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Where does “jezgrica” come from?

jezgrica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ica, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

jezgrica (Serbo-Croatian): a small core, kernel, nucleus

Definitions

  1. a small core, kernel, nucleus

Ancestry of “jezgrica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-icaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
2Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →