Where does “melko” come from?
melko (Finnish) comes from Finnish melkeä, from Russian ме́лкий, 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...
melko (Finnish): quite, somewhat
Definitions
- quite, somewhat
Ancestry of “melko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | melkeä | quite large or abundant; quite a |
| 2 | Russian | ме́лкий | fine, fine-grained |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | мѣлъкъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | mělъkъ | small, little; shallow |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |