Where does “таємниця” come from?

таємниця (Ukrainian) comes from Polish tajemnica, from Polish -ica, from Old Polish -ica, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

таємниця (Ukrainian): secret

Definitions

  1. secret

Ancestry of “таємниця”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtajemnicasecret
2Polish-icaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
3Old Polish-icaforms feminine nouns
4Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “таємниця

Every word from Proto-Slavic -icaEvery word from Polish -icaEvery word from Old Polish -ica