Where does “великъ” come from?

великъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic velikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Ancestry of “великъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvelikъgreat
2Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъEvery word from Proto-Slavic velikъ