Where does “дурачок” come from?
дурачок (Russian) comes from Russian -о́к, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
дурачок (Russian): fool, idiot, imbecile
Definitions
- fool, idiot, imbecile
Ancestry of “дурачок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | -о́к | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |