Where does “жертвенник” come from?
жертвенник (Russian) comes from Russian же́ртвенный, from Russian же́ртва, from Church Slavonic жрьтва, from Proto-Slavic žьrtva, from Proto-Slavic -tva, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.
жертвенник (Russian): altar; credenza, credence table; prothesis
Definitions
- altar; credenza, credence table; prothesis
Ancestry of “жертвенник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | же́ртвенный | — |
| 2 | Russian | же́ртва | — |
| 3 | Church Slavonic | жрьтва | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | žьrtva | sacrifice |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -tva | Deverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tweh₂ | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |