Where does “tajnica” come from?

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

tajnica (Serbo-Croatian): female secretary; secret; rice cutgrass

Definitions

  1. female secretary; secret; rice cutgrass

Ancestry of “tajnica”, 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 →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ica →