Where does “скотиняка” come from?

скотиняка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -я́ка, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

скотиняка (Ukrainian): livestock

Definitions

  1. livestock

Ancestry of “скотиняка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-я́каer
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 →