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Where does “низъкъ” come from?

низъкъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic nizъkъ, from Proto-Indo-European ni- — down, below.

Ancestry of “низъкъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnizъkъlow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanni-down, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni- →