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Where does “Доне́цький басе́йн” come from?

Доне́цький басе́йн (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian Доне́ць, from Ukrainian -е́ць, from Russian -кий, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Доне́цький басе́йн (Ukrainian): Donets Basin

Definitions

  1. Donets Basin

Ancestry of “Доне́цький басе́йн”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianДоне́цьthe Donets; Donets River
2Ukrainian-е́ць—
3Russian-кий-y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives...
4Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
5Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
6Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “Доне́цький басе́йн”

  • Donbas
  • Донба́с
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