Where does “потіпака” come from?

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

потіпака (Ukrainian): untidy person, libertine

Definitions

  1. untidy person, libertine

Ancestry of “потіпака”, 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 →