Where does “maleńki” come from?

maleńki (Polish) comes from Polish -eńki, from Polish -eń, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “maleńki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-eńkiforms diminutive masculine adjectives
2Polish-eńforms masculine nouns, predominantly agents
3Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
4Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “maleńki”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek -ηνός →Every word from Polish -eń →