Where does “закалиться” come from?
закалиться (Russian) comes from Russian закали́ть, from Russian кали́ть, from Proto-Slavic kaliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
закалиться (Russian): to become tempered, to harden of metal
Definitions
- to become tempered, to harden of metal
Ancestry of “закалиться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | закали́ть | to temper to heat-treat |
| 2 | Russian | кали́ть | to incandesce, to heat |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | kaliti | to soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |