Where does “літературознавиця” come from?

літературознавиця (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -и́ця, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Ancestry of “літературознавиця”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ukrainian	-и́ця	forms diminutives of generally feminine nouns
2	Proto-Slavic	-ica	děva → děvica; muxa → mušica; *noga →...