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Where does “забеременеть” come from?

забеременеть (Russian) comes from Russian бере́менеть, from Russian -е́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

забеременеть (Russian): to get pregnant

Definitions

  1. to get pregnant

Ancestry of “забеременеть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбере́менеть—
2Russian-е́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
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