Where does “деепричастие” come from?
деепричастие (Russian) comes from Russian де́ять, from Old East Slavic дѣꙗти, from Proto-Slavic dějati, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
деепричастие (Russian): adverbial participle, gerund, verbal adverb
Definitions
- adverbial participle, gerund, verbal adverb
Ancestry of “деепричастие”, step by step
деепричастие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian де́ять
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | де́ять | to do |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | дѣꙗти | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dějati | to do |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | děti | to do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dḗˀtei | to put, to place; to do |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Russian прича́стие
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | прича́стие | participle |