Where does “paunica” come from?
paunica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Romanian -ică, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.
paunica (Serbo-Croatian): peahen
Ancestry of “paunica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | -ică | — |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |