Where does “європейка” come from?
європейка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -і́йка, from Ukrainian -і́я, from English Canadian, from English cañada, from Spanish cañada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
європейка (Ukrainian): European
Definitions
- European
Ancestry of “європейка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | -і́йка | an, -er, -ian, -woman |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -і́я | y, -ia frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc |
| 3 | English | Canadian | Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its... |
| 4 | English | cañada | A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen |
| 5 | Spanish | cañada | glen, gully, ravine |
| 6 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 7 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 8 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |