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
- small-minded, petty, mean-spirited
Ancestry of “мелочный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ме́лочь | — |
| 2 | Russian | ме́лкий | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | мѣлъкъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | mělъkъ | small, little; shallow |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |