English
malchick
Malchick comes from Russian ма́льчик ‘boy’, from ма́лый ‘small, little’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)mal-‘small’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*malъ‘small, petite (of size)’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernмалъ‘small’
- Russianmodernма́лый‘small, little’
- Russian, derivedmodernмале́ц‘boy, lad’
- Russian, derivedmodernма́льчикmálʹčik‘boy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962malchick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)mal-‘small’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*malъ‘small, petite (of size)’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernмалъ‘small’
- Russianmodernма́лый‘small, little’
- Russian, derivedmodernмале́ц‘boy, lad’
- Russian, derivedmodernма́льчикmálʹčik‘boy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962malchick
Earliest quotation: 1962, Anthony Burgess, New York: W. W. Norton & Company: “There were three devotchkas sitting at the counter all…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- ‘small’
Today it means
noun A young male; a lad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- / malchick