Where does “хвостик” come from?

хвостик (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -ик, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

хвостик (Ukrainian): additional amount, bit (at the end)

Definitions

  1. additional amount, bit (at the end)

Ancestry of “хвостик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-икer, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist
2Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Ukrainian -ик →