Where does “-шка” come from?

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

-шка (Ukrainian): (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)

Definitions

  1. (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)

Ancestry of “-шка”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-шка”

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