Where does “костлявый” come from?
костлявый (Russian) comes from Russian кость, from Proto-Slavic kostь, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
костлявый (Russian): bony, gaunt
Ancestry of “костлявый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | кость | bone; die |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kostь | bone |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |