Where does “-нка” come from?

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

-нка (Ukrainian): Unproductive deadjectival and denominal suffix used to form feminine nouns

Definitions

  1. Unproductive deadjectival and denominal suffix used to form feminine nouns

Ancestry of “-нка”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-нка”

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