Where does “шестокрилатьць” come from?
шестокрилатьць (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Ancient Greek ἑξαπτέρυγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
шестокрилатьць (Old Church Slavonic): a six-winged creature
Definitions
- a six-winged creature
Ancestry of “шестокрилатьць”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἑξαπτέρυγος | six-winged, hexapterous |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |