Where does “безвестность” come from?
безвестность (Russian) comes from Russian безве́стный, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
безвестность (Russian): obscurity; absence of news
Definitions
- obscurity; absence of news
Ancestry of “безвестность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | безве́стный | — |
| 2 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |