-anka
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈan.ka/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
- Homophone: Anka
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Suffix
-anka f (masculine -anin)
- attached to countries to mean "women coming from"
- attached to surnames ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go, sometimes to other nouns, to form feminine proper nouns meaning “daughter of”
- Zaręba + -anka → Zarębianka
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Suffix
-anka f
- purely structural suffix, forms feminine nouns of various kind
- pończochy + -anka → Pippi Pończoszanka
- zapiekać + -anka → zapiekanka
- rąbać + -anka → rąbanka
Declension
Declension of -anka
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -anka