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Where does “ломкий” come from?

ломкий (Russian) comes from Russian -кий, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

ломкий (Russian): brittle, friable; fragile, breakable

Definitions

  1. brittle, friable; fragile, breakable

Ancestry of “ломкий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-кий-y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives...
2Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
3Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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