Where does “мелководье” come from?
мелководье (Russian) comes from Russian вода́, from Old East Slavic вода, from Proto-Slavic vodà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wandō, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
мелководье (Russian): shallow water; period of shallow water; shallows
Definitions
- shallow water; period of shallow water; shallows
Ancestry of “мелководье”, step by step
мелководье traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian вода́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вода́ | water |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | вода | water |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vodà | water |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | wandō | water |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Russian ме́лкий
| 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... |