Where does “бесцельно” come from?
бесцельно (Russian) comes from Russian бесце́льный, from Russian цель, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic til — to share, divide.
бесцельно (Russian): aimlessly
Definitions
- aimlessly
Ancestry of “бесцельно”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бесце́льный | aimless, idle, pointless |
| 2 | Russian | цель | goal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;... |
| 3 | Polish | cel | goal, aim, objective; target; destination |
| 4 | Old Polish | cel | target |
| 5 | Czech | cíl | goal, objective |
| 6 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |