Where does “ме́лочь” come from?
ме́лочь (Russian) comes from Russian ме́лкий, 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...
ме́лочь (Russian): small things
Definitions
- small things
Ancestry of “ме́лочь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ме́лкий | fine, fine-grained |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | мѣлъкъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mělъkъ | small, little; shallow |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |