Where does “коротышка” come from?

коротышка (Russian) comes from Russian -ы́шка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

коротышка (Russian): shorty, short person

Definitions

  1. shorty, short person

Ancestry of “коротышка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ы́шкаDiminutive suffix forming nouns from adjectives, with a colloquial character
2Russian-каnow, just
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →Every word from Russian -ка →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьka →