Where does “холостячка” come from?

холостячка (Ukrainian) comes from Russian холостя́к, from Russian -я́к, from Russian -а́к, from Old East Slavic -акъ, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

холостячка (Ukrainian): bachelorette unmarried woman

Definitions

  1. bachelorette unmarried woman

Ancestry of “холостячка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхолостя́кbachelor
2Russian-я́кer
3Russian-а́кsuffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or an inanimate noun of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature
4Old East Slavic-акъ—
5Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Russian -а́к →Every word from Russian -я́к →