Where does “ка́рлик” come from?
ка́рлик (Russian) comes from Ukrainian -о́вий, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.
Ancestry of “ка́рлик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | -о́вий | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |
Words derived from “ка́рлик”