Where does “смъртоносен” come from?
смъртоносен (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian смърт, from Old Church Slavonic съмрьть, from Proto-Slavic sъmьrtь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic su-mirtis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mirtis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
смъртоносен (Bulgarian): lethiferous leading to certain death; of a wound, weapon strike, attack, etc
Definitions
- lethiferous leading to certain death; of a wound, weapon strike, attack, etc
Ancestry of “смъртоносен”, step by step
смъртоносен traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian смърт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | смърт | death; Death, the Grim Reaper; loathing |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | съмрьть | death |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sъmьrtь | death |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | su-mirtis | natural death |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mirtis | death |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mértis | death |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via Bulgarian но́сен
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | но́сен | nose; nasal |
| 2 | Bulgarian | но́ся | to carry |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | носити | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | nositi | to carry, to bring |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |