Where does “нігерієць” come from?
нігерієць (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian ніге́рійський, from Ukrainian -і́йський, from Ukrainian -і́я, from English Canadian, from English cañada, from Spanish cañada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
нігерієць (Ukrainian): male Nigerian person
Definitions
- male Nigerian person
Ancestry of “нігерієць”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | ніге́рійський | Nigerian |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -і́йський | Adjectival suffix forming nouns meaning "related to X"; variant of: -ian, -an, -ish |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -і́я | y, -ia frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc |
| 4 | English | Canadian | Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its... |
| 5 | English | cañada | A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen |
| 6 | Spanish | cañada | glen, gully, ravine |
| 7 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 8 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 9 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 10 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |