Where does “-енька” come from?

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

-енька (Ukrainian): suffix forming diminutive, often endearing, nouns from other nouns and adjectives used after soft consonants, the hushing consonants

Definitions

  1. suffix forming diminutive, often endearing, nouns from other nouns and adjectives used after soft consonants, the hushing consonants

Ancestry of “-енька”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ка—
2Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
3Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “-енька”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Ukrainian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →