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Where does “заморо́зить” come from?

заморо́зить (Russian) comes from Russian моро́зить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “заморо́зить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianморо́зитьto freeze, congeal
2Russian-и́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “заморо́зить”

  • замораживать
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