Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ikъ

Etymology
From 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (< ). The *-i in *-ikъ thus reflects the Proto-Indo-European diphthong *ey, which explains the lack of the third palatalization. reflects earlier, and is not a cognate. Probably not related to and.

Usage notes
The diminutive function is productive in North Slavic. In South Slavic languages diminutive formations only exist in relics, mostly in Slovene.

Derived terms

 * (appended to the past participle of verbs in *-nъ)
 * (with *-ьn- element abstracted away from denominal derivations on *-ьnъ)

Related terms

 * (feminine counterpart)

Descendants

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