Where does “заправила” come from?
заправила (Russian) comes from Russian заправлять, from Russian запра́вить, from Russian пра́вить, from Old East Slavic правити, from Old East Slavic -тель, from Proto-Slavic -teľь, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
заправила (Russian): the one who directs someone's actions, directs the activity of someone, something, dominates somewhere
Definitions
- the one who directs someone's actions, directs the activity of someone, something, dominates somewhere
Ancestry of “заправила”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | заправлять | to tuck in; to fill; to feed, to insert |
| 2 | Russian | запра́вить | to tuck in |
| 3 | Russian | пра́вить | to govern |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | правити | to lead |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | -тель | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -teľь | Deverbative, forms agent nouns from the... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |