Where does “бесчинство” come from?

бесчинство (Russian) comes from Russian чин, from Old East Slavic чинъ, from Proto-Slavic činъ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

бесчинство (Russian): excess, outrage

Definitions

  1. excess, outrage

Ancestry of “бесчинство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianчинrank; official; a religious rite
2Old East Slavicчинъ—
3Proto-Slavicčinъdignity
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷey →Every word from Proto-Slavic činъ →
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