Where does “чуда́к” come from?
чуда́к (Russian) comes from Russian чуди́ть, from Russian чу́до, from Old East Slavic чудо, from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.
Ancestry of “чуда́к”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | чуди́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | чу́до | miracle |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | чудо | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | čudo | miracle, wonder |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -išče | Denominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | isk-je | — |
Words derived from “чуда́к”