Where does “молодиця” come from?

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

молодиця (Ukrainian): young married woman

Definitions

  1. young married woman

Ancestry of “молодиця”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-и́цяforms diminutives of generally feminine nouns
2Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →