Where does “за́падничество” come from?

за́падничество (Russian) comes from Russian за́пад, from Old East Slavic западъ, from Proto-Slavic *zapadъ, from Proto-Slavic pastì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pṓˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

за́падничество (Russian): Westernism, a 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government

Definitions

  1. Westernism, a 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government

Ancestry of “за́падничество”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianза́падwest
2Old East Slavicзападъsunset
3Proto-Slavic*zapadъsunset
4Proto-Slavicpastìto pasture
5Proto-Balto-Slavicpṓˀstei—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpēd-foot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “за́падничество”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pēd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pṓˀstei →