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Where does “дурак” come from?

дурак (Russian) comes from Russian -а́к, from Old East Slavic -акъ, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

Ancestry of “дурак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-а́к—
2Old East Slavic-акъ—
3Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

Words derived from “дурак”

  • duraks
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