Where does “долготерпение” come from?
долготерпение (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic длъготрьпѣниѥ, from Old Church Slavonic длъгъ, from Proto-Slavic dъlgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰlegʰ-.
долготерпение (Russian): long-suffering
Ancestry of “долготерпение”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | длъготрьпѣниѥ | long-suffering |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | длъгъ | debt; Alternative form of дльгъ |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | dъlgъ | debt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰlegʰ- | — |