Where does “мелкі” come from?

мелкі (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic мѣлъкъ, from Proto-Slavic mělъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

мелкі (Belarusian): shallow

Definitions

  1. shallow

Ancestry of “мелкі”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicмѣлъкъ—
2Proto-Slavicmělъkъsmall, little; shallow
3Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
4Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ →