Where does “великоватый” come from?

великоватый (Russian) comes from Russian вели́кий, from Proto-Slavic velikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

великоватый (Russian): little too big (of clothes or shoes)

Definitions

  1. little too big (of clothes or shoes)

Ancestry of “великоватый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвели́кийlarge, big
2Proto-Slavicvelikъgreat
3Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic velikъ →Every word from Russian вели́кий →