Where does “daleko” come from?

daleko (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dàlek, from Proto-Slavic dalekъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

daleko (Serbo-Croatian): far; long ago; very, by far

Definitions

  1. far; long ago; very, by far

Ancestry of “daleko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandàlekfar, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -kъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -okъ →
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