Where does “світанок” come from?
світанок (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -анок, from Ukrainian -ок, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
світанок (Ukrainian): dawn, daybreak
Definitions
- dawn, daybreak
Ancestry of “світанок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | -анок | Unproductive several, deadjectival and denominal suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 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... |