Where does “стишок” come from?
стишок (Russian) comes from Russian стих, from Old East Slavic стихъ, from Old Church Slavonic стихъ, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
стишок (Russian): (short) rhyme, poem
Definitions
- (short) rhyme, poem
Ancestry of “стишок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | стих | verse; poem, poems; mood |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | стихъ | — |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | стихъ | verse |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |