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Where does “крепкост” come from?

крепкост (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кре̏пак, from Proto-Slavic krěpъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

крепкост (Serbo-Croatian): vigorousness, freshness, robustness

Definitions

  1. vigorousness, freshness, robustness

Ancestry of “крепкост”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкре̏пак—
2Proto-Slavickrěpъkъstrong
3Proto-Slavic-ъkъForms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;...
4Proto-Slavic-kъDeverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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