Where does “карликовый” come from?
карликовый (Russian) comes from Russian ка́рлик, from Ukrainian -о́вий, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.
карликовый (Russian): dwarf; dwarfish, diminutive, pygmean
Definitions
- dwarf; dwarfish, diminutive, pygmean
Ancestry of “карликовый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ка́рлик | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -о́вий | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |