Where does “cudzinka” come from?
cudzinka (Slovak) comes from Slovak cudzinec, from Slovak -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
cudzinka (Slovak): a female foreigner
Ancestry of “cudzinka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Slovak | cudzinec | foreigner; stranger |
| 2 | Slovak | -ec | Appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |