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Where does “дьячок” come from?

дьячок (Russian) comes from Russian -о́к, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

дьячок (Russian): dyak, clerk, official in Russia in 14-17...

Definitions

  1. dyak, clerk, official in Russia in 14-17...

Ancestry of “дьячок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́к—
2Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
3Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →