Where does “топкий” come from?

топкий (Russian) comes from Russian -кий, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

топкий (Russian): oozy, mucky, boggy, marshy, miry, quaggy describing wet ground or muck into which one's feet may sink

Definitions

  1. oozy, mucky, boggy, marshy, miry, quaggy describing wet ground or muck into which one's feet may sink

Ancestry of “топкий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-кий-y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives...
2Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
3Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
4Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ →