Where does “-о́к” come from?

-о́к (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

-о́к (Russian): takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development

Definitions

  1. takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development

Ancestry of “-о́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
2Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
3Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “-о́к”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ →