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Where does “wusoki” come from?

wusoki (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic vysokъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

wusoki (Lower Sorbian): high, tall

Definitions

  1. high, tall

Ancestry of “wusoki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvysokъhigh; tall
2Proto-Slavic-okъFrom adjectives, forms a carrier of the...
3Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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