Where does “Dekabristin” come from?
Dekabristin (German) comes from German Dekabrist, from Russian декабри́ст, from Russian дека́брь, from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Ancestry of “Dekabristin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dekabrist | Decembrist |
| 2 | Russian | декабри́ст | Decembrist (sympathizer of the Decembrist revolt) |
| 3 | Russian | дека́брь | December |
| 4 | Latin | december | of December; December |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |