Where does “таємничий” come from?

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

таємничий (Ukrainian): mysterious, enigmatic

Definitions

  1. mysterious, enigmatic

Ancestry of “таємничий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianтаємницяsecret
2Polishtajemnicasecret
3Polish-icaForms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and...
4Old Polish-icaforms feminine nouns
5Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Polish -ica →Every word from Old Polish -ica →