Where does “-а́к” come from?

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

-а́к (Russian): suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or an inanimate noun of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature

Definitions

  1. suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or an inanimate noun of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature

Ancestry of “-а́к”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-а́к

Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъEvery word from Old East Slavic -акъ