Where does “хихички” come from?

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

хихички (Ukrainian): laughter

Definitions

  1. laughter

Ancestry of “хихички”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ичка(added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
2Ukrainian-ка—
3Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Ukrainian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →