Where does “занижать” come from?
занижать (Russian) comes from Russian зани́зить, from Russian -ни́зить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
занижать (Russian): to understate, to put too low, to underestimate
Definitions
- to understate, to put too low, to underestimate
Ancestry of “занижать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | зани́зить | to understate, to put too low, to underestimate |
| 2 | Russian | -ни́зить | — |
| 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 |