Where does “загова́ривать” come from?
загова́ривать (Russian) comes from Russian заговорить, from Russian говори́ть, from Proto-Slavic govorìti, from Proto-Indo-European gow(H)- — to call, cry.
загова́ривать (Russian): to begin to talk
Definitions
- to begin to talk
Ancestry of “загова́ривать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | заговорить | to begin to speak; to talk someone's ear off; to... |
| 2 | Russian | говори́ть | to speak; speak |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | govorìti | to speak, to talk |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gow(H)- | to call, cry |