Where does “затылочный” come from?

затылочный (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...

затылочный (Russian): cervical, occipital

Definitions

  1. cervical, occipital

Ancestry of “затылочный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзаты́локnape, neck
2Russian-о́кtakes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development
3Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
4Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kosEvery word from Russian -о́кEvery word from Proto-Slavic -kъ