Where does “этакий” come from?

этакий (Russian) comes 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.

этакий (Russian): such, like this; what

Definitions

  1. such, like this; what

Ancestry of “этакий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianэ́такso, in this manner, thus
2Russianтакso, thus; like that; so much
3Old East Slavicтакоso, like that
4Proto-Slavictakothus, so, in such a way
5Proto-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 →