Where does “чёлка” come from?

чёлка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

чёлка (Russian): fringe, bangs of hair

Definitions

  1. fringe, bangs of hair

Ancestry of “чёлка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂Every word from Russian -каEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьka
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