Where does “крокодилячий” come from?

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

крокодилячий (Ukrainian): crocodile, crocodilian

Definitions

  1. crocodile, crocodilian

Ancestry of “крокодилячий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ячийused to form present active participles from class 4 verbs (in
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 -ячий →