Where does “затылочек” come from?
затылочек (Russian) comes from Russian заты́лок, from Russian -о́к, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
затылочек (Russian): Diminutive of заты́лок
Ancestry of “затылочек”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | заты́лок | nape, neck |
| 2 | Russian | -о́к | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |