Where does “ме́лкий” come from?

ме́лкий (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic мѣлъкъ, from Proto-Slavic mělъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

ме́лкий (Russian): fine, fine-grained

Definitions

  1. fine, fine-grained

Ancestry of “ме́лкий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicмѣлъкъ—
2Proto-Slavicmělъkъsmall, little; shallow
3Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
4Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “ме́лкий”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ →
ме́лкий — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer