Etymology

Ditko

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Carpathian Rusyn surname Дї́тко (Djítko). Full definition →

Carpathian Rusyn Дї́тко ← rsk Дїтко ← Ukrainian Ді́тко
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Ditko · proper noun1

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*dědъ“grandfather”
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromДі́тко
  3. rsk · borrowed fromДїтко
  4. Carpathian Rusyn · borrowed fromДї́тко
  5. English todayDitko

From Carpathian Rusyn Дї́тко (Djítko), Pannonian Rusyn Дїтко (Djitko) and Ukrainian Ді́тко (Dítko), variants of дї́дко (djídko) and ді́дко (dídko), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dědъ (“grandfather”).

Ditko · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*dětę
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromДи́тко
  3. Russian · borrowed fromДи́тко
  4. English todayDitko

From Russian Ди́тко (Dítko), borrowed from Ukrainian Ди́тко (Dýtko), from ди́тко (dýtko), a southern Ukrainian diminutive of дитя́ (dytjá, “child”) (possibly merged with another diminutive ді́тко (dítko)), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dětę.

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