Where does “бели́ть” come from?
бели́ть (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic běliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ancestry of “бели́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | běliti | to whiten |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “бели́ть”