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

Definitions

  1. from afar, from far away

Ancestry of “издалека”, step by step

издалека traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian далек

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianдалекfar, distant
2Proto-Slavicdalekъfar
3Proto-Slavic-okъFrom adjectives, forms a carrier of the...
4Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

via Serbo-Croatian из

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianизfrom, out of; for, because of, out of; with,...
2Proto-Slavicjьzfrom, out of
3Proto-Balto-Slaviciź—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰsout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -okъ →