Where does “бездельничать” come from?

бездельничать (Russian) comes from Russian безде́льник, from Russian де́ло, from Proto-Slavic dělo, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

бездельничать (Russian): to do nothing, to idle, to laze, to loaf around

Definitions

  1. to do nothing, to idle, to laze, to loaf around

Ancestry of “бездельничать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбезде́льникidler, loafer, lazybones
2Russianде́лоwork, action
3Proto-Slavicdělodeed; work
4Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
5Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →