Where does “невеличкий” come from?
невеличкий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian невели́кий, from Ukrainian не-, from Ukrainian з-, from Ukrainian леті́ти, from Old East Slavic летѣти, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Ancestry of “невеличкий”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | невели́кий | small, little, not very big, not very large |
| 2 | Ukrainian | не- | not; un- |
| 3 | Ukrainian | з- | attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect |
| 4 | Ukrainian | леті́ти | to fly |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | летѣти | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |