Where does “недалеко” come from?
недалеко (Russian) comes from Russian далеко́, from Russian далёкий, from Proto-Slavic dalekъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
недалеко (Russian): not far, not far off, nearby, close
Definitions
- not far, not far off, nearby, close
Ancestry of “недалеко”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | далеко́ | far, far off, far away |
| 2 | Russian | далёкий | far, distant, remote; long way off, wide; strange |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dalekъ | far |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -okъ | From adjectives, forms a carrier of the... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |