Where does “щімкий” come from?

щімкий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -ки́й — y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives from verbs and nouns, with the meaning "having the characteristic of X".

щімкий (Ukrainian): pinching, pinchy

Definitions

  1. pinching, pinchy

Ancestry of “щімкий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ки́йy, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives from verbs and nouns, with the meaning "having the characteristic of X"
Every word from Ukrainian -ки́й