Where does “посіпака” come from?

посіпака (Ukrainian) comes from Russian -ака, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

посіпака (Ukrainian): henchman, accomplice

Definitions

  1. henchman, accomplice

Ancestry of “посіпака”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ака—
2Ukrainian-аused to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Ukrainian -а →