Where does “вертячка” come from?

вертячка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -ячка, from Ukrainian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

вертячка (Ukrainian): whirligig beetle

Definitions

  1. whirligig beetle

Ancestry of “вертячка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ячкаforms feminine nouns of both animacies
2Ukrainian-ка—
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Ukrainian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →
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