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Where does “-уха” come from?
-уха (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
Ancestry of “-уха”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ukrainian
-а
used to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept
2
Proto-Slavic
-ja
Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
3
Proto-Indo-European
-yeh₂
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Words derived from “-уха”
-у́шка
повитуха
свекруха
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →
Every word from Ukrainian -а →