Where does “інопланетянин” come from?

інопланетянин (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian і́нший, from Proto-Slavic (j)inъ.

інопланетянин (Ukrainian): alien, extraterrestrial

Definitions

  1. alien, extraterrestrial

Ancestry of “інопланетянин”, step by step

інопланетянин traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian і́нший

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianі́ншийother, another, the other
2Proto-Slavic(j)inъ—

via Russian плане́та

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianплане́таplanet
Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)inъ →Every word from Ukrainian і́нший →