Where does “прыпынак” come from?
прыпынак (Belarusian) comes from Belarusian -ак, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
прыпынак (Belarusian): break, pause
Definitions
- break, pause
Ancestry of “прыпынак”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarusian | -ак | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |