Where does “двоето́чие” come from?

двоето́чие (Russian) comes from Russian то́чка, from Proto-Slavic *tъčьka — dot, point.

двоето́чие (Russian): colon (punctuation)

Definitions

  1. colon (punctuation)

Ancestry of “двоето́чие”, step by step

двоето́чие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian то́чка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianто́чкаperiod, dot, full stop
2Proto-Slavic*tъčьkadot, point

via Russian дво́е

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдво́еtwo
2Proto-Slavic*dъvojьtwo

Words derived from “двоето́чие”

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