Where does “зрак” come from?
зрак (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic зракъ, from Proto-Slavic zorkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
зрак (Russian): look, glance
Ancestry of “зрак”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | зракъ | sight; look; form |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | zorkъ | sunbeam; look, appearance |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |