Where does “гагачий” come from?

гагачий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -а́чий, from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь — used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs).

гагачий (Ukrainian): eider

Definitions

  1. eider

Ancestry of “гагачий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-а́чий—
2Proto-Slavic*-ęťьused after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs)
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь →Every word from Ukrainian -а́чий →