Where does “мавпячий” come from?

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

мавпячий (Ukrainian): monkey, simian

Definitions

  1. monkey, simian

Ancestry of “мавпячий”, 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 →