Where does “западаться” come from?
западаться (Russian) comes from Russian запада́ть, from Russian запасть, from Russian па́сть, from Proto-Slavic pastь, from Proto-Slavic pastì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pṓˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
западаться (Russian): passive of запада́ть
Definitions
- passive of запада́ть
Ancestry of “западаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | запада́ть | to fall back, to fall behind, to sink down |
| 2 | Russian | запасть | to fall back, to fall behind, to sink down; to... |
| 3 | Russian | па́сть | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pastь | fall, attack; trench, trap; mouth, throat |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pastì | to pasture |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pṓˀstei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |