Where does “платочек” come from?
платочек (Russian) comes from Russian плато́к, from Russian -о́к, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
платочек (Russian): (small) kerchief, headkerchief; handkerchief
Definitions
- (small) kerchief, headkerchief; handkerchief
Ancestry of “платочек”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | плато́к | headscarf |
| 2 | Russian | -о́к | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |