Where does “вкра́дчивый” come from?
вкра́дчивый (Russian) comes from Russian вкрасться, from Russian кра́сться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
вкра́дчивый (Russian): smarmy, ingratiating, insinuating, subtle
Definitions
- smarmy, ingratiating, insinuating, subtle
Ancestry of “вкра́дчивый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вкрасться | to steal in, to creep in, to slip in |
| 2 | Russian | кра́сться | to stalk, to prowl, to slink |
| 3 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |