Where does “замшелый” come from?
замшелый (Russian) comes from Russian замше́ть, from Russian мох, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
замшелый (Russian): mossy, moss-grown
Definitions
- mossy, moss-grown
Ancestry of “замшелый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | замше́ть | to become mossy, to become covered or overgrown with moss |
| 2 | Russian | мох | moss |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 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 |