Where does “эдакий” come from?

эдакий (Russian) comes from Russian э́дак, from Russian э́так, from Russian так, from Old East Slavic тако, from Proto-Slavic tako, from Proto-Slavic takъ — such, such a (kind of), of that kind.

эдакий (Russian): such, like this; what

Definitions

  1. such, like this; what

Ancestry of “эдакий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianэ́дак—
2Russianэ́такso, in this manner, thus
3Russianтакso, thus; like that; so much
4Old East Slavicтакоso, like that
5Proto-Slavictakothus, so, in such a way
6Proto-Slavictakъsuch, such a (kind of), of that kind
Every word from Proto-Slavic takъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic tako →Every word from Old East Slavic тако →