Where does “занавесь” come from?
занавесь (Russian) comes from Russian занаве́сить, from Russian наве́сить, from Russian на-, from Proto-Slavic na, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
занавесь (Russian): curtain; second-person singular imperative...
Definitions
- curtain; second-person singular imperative...
Ancestry of “занавесь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | занаве́сить | to curtain |
| 2 | Russian | наве́сить | to hang on, suspend |
| 3 | Russian | на- | onto, upon; to repletion, to satiation, to the... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | na | on; concerning; onto |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |