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