Where does “פּעפּלניצע” come from?

פּעפּלניצע (Yiddish) comes from Russian пепельница, from Russian -ни́ца, from Russian -а, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

פּעפּלניצע (Yiddish): ashtray

Definitions

  1. ashtray

Ancestry of “פּעפּלניצע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпепельницаashtray
2Russian-ни́ца
3RussianNoun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of...
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂Every word from Proto-Slavic -jaEvery word from Russian -ни́ца