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Where does “мелочный” come from?

мелочный (Russian) comes from Russian ме́лочь, 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...

мелочный (Russian): small-minded, petty, mean-spirited

Definitions

  1. small-minded, petty, mean-spirited

Ancestry of “мелочный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianме́лочь—
2Russianме́лкий—
3Old East Slavicмѣлъкъ—
4Proto-Slavicmělъkъsmall, little; shallow
5Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
6Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
7Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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