Where does “выразительность” come from?
выразительность (Russian) comes from Russian вырази́тельный, from Russian вы́разить, from Russian вы́-, from Old East Slavic вꙑ-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
выразительность (Russian): expressiveness
Definitions
- expressiveness
Ancestry of “выразительность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вырази́тельный | expressive effectively conveying feeling |
| 2 | Russian | вы́разить | to express, to convey (meaning) |
| 3 | Russian | вы́- | out, out from describing an action of moving outside from inside |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | вꙑ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |