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Where does “бесхитростный” come from?

бесхитростный (Russian) comes from Russian -ный, from Old Church Slavonic -ьнъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnъ — -ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives.

бесхитростный (Russian): unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, guileless

Definitions

  1. unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, guileless

Ancestry of “бесхитростный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ный-ish, -ic, -al, -ed
2Old Church Slavonic-ьнъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ьnъ-ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives
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