Where does “товканка” come from?

товканка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -нка, from Ukrainian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

товканка (Ukrainian): mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “товканка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-нкаUnproductive deadjectival and denominal suffix used to form feminine nouns
2Ukrainian-ка
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kosEvery word from Ukrainian -каEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ъka