Where does “великодержавный” come from?
великодержавный (Russian) comes from Russian вели́кий, from Proto-Slavic velikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
великодержавный (Russian): great power
Definitions
- great power
Ancestry of “великодержавный”, step by step
великодержавный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian вели́кий
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вели́кий | large, big |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | velikъ | great |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |
via Russian держа́ва
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | держа́ва | state, power |