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Where does “по-хорошему” come from?

по-хорошему (Russian) comes from Russian ПО, from Old East Slavic по, from Proto-Slavic po, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

по-хорошему (Russian): properly; thoroughly; in an amicable/friendly way

Definitions

  1. properly; thoroughly; in an amicable/friendly way

Ancestry of “по-хорошему”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПОsoftware
2Old East Slavicпо—
3Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
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