Where does “-ко” come from?

-ко (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьko.

-ко (Ukrainian): Creates diminutives of normally neuter nouns and adverbs, normally having a colloquial register

Definitions

  1. Creates diminutives of normally neuter nouns and adverbs, normally having a colloquial register

Ancestry of “-ко”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьko

Words derived from “-ко

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьko