Where does “дале́ко” come from?
дале́ко (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian дале́кий, from Proto-Slavic dalekъ, from Proto-Slavic -okъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
дале́ко (Ukrainian): far (followed by the preposition від + genitive case)
Definitions
- far (followed by the preposition від + genitive case)
Ancestry of “дале́ко”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | дале́кий | far, distant, remote (but, to express 'to be far from', далеко + від must be used instead) |
| 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... |