Where does “доколкото” come from?
доколкото (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian ко́лкото, from Bulgarian ко́лко, from Proto-Slavic koliko, from Proto-Slavic kolikъ — how big.
доколкото (Bulgarian): as far as, inasmuch as
Ancestry of “доколкото”, step by step
доколкото traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian ко́лкото
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | ко́лкото | as much as, as many as |
| 2 | Bulgarian | ко́лко | how much |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | koliko | how much, how many; neuter of *kolikъ |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kolikъ | how big |
via Bulgarian до
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | до | near, close to; up to, as far as; until, till |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dȍ | up to, until |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |