Where does “сіромаха” come from?

сіромаха (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian сірома, from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

сіромаха (Ukrainian): pauper

Definitions

  1. pauper

Ancestry of “сіромаха”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianсіромаpauper
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 →