Where does “бранить” come from?
бранить (Russian) comes from Russian брань, from Russian -ь, from Old East Slavic -ь, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.
бранить (Russian): to scold; to abuse, to curse; to call names
Definitions
- to scold; to abuse, to curse; to call names
Ancestry of “бранить”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | брань | scolding, invective, swearing; battle, fight;... |
| 2 | Russian | -ь | |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -ь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ь | Forms nouns; From adjectives; From participles |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -is | Forms nouns from verbs |