Where does “болниця” come from?

болниця (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian біль, from Old East Slavic бѣль, from Old East Slavic -ь, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

болниця (Ukrainian): hospital

Definitions

  1. hospital

Ancestry of “болниця”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianбільache, pain
2Old East Slavicбѣльbleach
3Old East Slavic-ь—
4Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
5Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Old East Slavic -ь →