Where does “Січ” come from?
Січ (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian сікти, from Ukrainian -ач, from Old East Slavic -ачь, from Proto-Slavic -ačь — Denominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...
Ancestry of “Січ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | сікти | to chop |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ач | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -ачь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ačь | Denominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a... |