Where does “дьяволопоклонничество” come from?
дьяволопоклонничество (Russian) comes from Russian дья́вол, from Old East Slavic диꙗволъ, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
дьяволопоклонничество (Russian): devil-worship
Definitions
- devil-worship
Ancestry of “дьяволопоклонничество”, step by step
дьяволопоклонничество traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian дья́вол
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | дья́вол | devil |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | диꙗволъ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | slanderous; libellous |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via Russian покло́нничество
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | покло́нничество | sycophancy, slavish worship |
| 2 | Russian | покло́нник | admirer |
| 3 | Russian | поклон | bow; regards |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | поклонъ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *poklonъ | bow (as in bowing down) |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | klonъ | offset, protrusion; slope; branch, twig |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |