Where does “бесцельность” come from?
бесцельность (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.
бесцельность (Russian): aimlessness
Definitions
- aimlessness
Ancestry of “бесцельность”, 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 |