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Where does “-а́к” come from?

-а́к (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic -акъ, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

Ancestry of “-а́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavic-акъ—
2Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

Words derived from “-а́к”

  • слабак
  • рысак
  • пердак
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