Where does “бессмысленность” come from?
бессмысленность (Russian) comes from Russian бессмы́сленный, from Russian смысл, from Russian смыслить, from Russian с-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
бессмысленность (Russian): senselessness, inanity, pointlessness
Definitions
- senselessness, inanity, pointlessness
Ancestry of “бессмысленность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бессмы́сленный | meaningless; pointless; nonsensical |
| 2 | Russian | смысл | sense, meaning; respect; use |
| 3 | Russian | смыслить | to understand |
| 4 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |