Where does “куточок” come from?
куточок (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian куто́к, from Ukrainian -ок, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
куточок (Ukrainian): (small) corner, nook
Definitions
- (small) corner, nook
Ancestry of “куточок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | куто́к | angle, corner, nook |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ок | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |