Where does “высказываться” come from?
высказываться (Russian) comes from Russian выска́зывать, from Russian вы́сказать, from Russian вы́-, from Old East Slavic вꙑ-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
высказываться (Russian): to express oneself, to express one's opinion;...
Definitions
- to express oneself, to express one's opinion;...
Ancestry of “высказываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | выска́зывать | to express (oneself), to say, to tell, to pronounce |
| 2 | Russian | вы́сказать | to express (oneself), to say, to tell, to pronounce |
| 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 |