Where does “politotdel” come from?
politotdel (English) comes from Russian политотдел, from Russian отдел, from Russian отдели́ть, from Russian дели́ть, from Proto-Slavic děliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.
politotdel (English): A political department of the former Soviet Union
Definitions
- A political department of the former Soviet Union
Ancestry of “politotdel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | политотдел | political department, political division |
| 2 | Russian | отдел | department, division, bureau, office, section |
| 3 | Russian | отдели́ть | to separate, to detach, to part |
| 4 | Russian | дели́ть | to divide |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | děliti | to divide |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | doyl- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |