Where does “далеко-далеко” come from?
далеко-далеко (Russian) comes from Russian далеко́, from Russian далёкий, from Proto-Slavic dalekъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
далеко-далеко (Russian): far far away, very far
Ancestry of “далеко-далеко”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | далеко́ | far, far off, far away |
| 2 | Russian | далёкий | far, distant, remote; long way off, wide; strange |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dalekъ | far |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -okъ | From adjectives, forms a carrier of the... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |