Where does “издалека” come from?
издалека (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian далек, from Proto-Slavic dalekъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
издалека (Serbo-Croatian): from afar, from far away
Ancestry of “издалека”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | далек | far, distant |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dalekъ | far |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -okъ | From adjectives, forms a carrier of the... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |