-шка

Ukrainian

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *-xа

Ukrainian -ха (-xa)

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Ukrainian -ка (-ka)

Ukrainian -шка (-ška)

From -ха (-xa) + -ка (-ka). Compare Old Novgorodian -ха (-xa) +‎ -ька (-ĭka) attested in Вѧцешька (Vęcʹješĭka).

-шка • (-ška) f (diminutive -шечка, augmentative -ха)

(added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
(added to verbs, forms instruments, tools, subjects or objects)
‎Proto-Slavic *variti → ‎вари́ти (varýty, “to boil (cooking)”) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎вари́шка (varýška, “ladle, ladles (kitchenware)”)

Synonym: ополоник (opolonyk)

‎по- (po-) + ‎бігати (bihaty, “to have a run”) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎побіга́шка (pobiháška, “gofer, running errands”)

‎по- (po-) + ‎крити (kryty) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎по́кри́шка (pókrýška)
(added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)
‎п'ятнадцять (pʺjatnadcjatʹ) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎п'ятнашки pl (pʺjatnašky, children game)