Where does “засиять” come from?

засиять (Russian) comes from Russian сия́ть, from Proto-Slavic sijati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

засиять (Russian): to begin to shine

Definitions

  1. to begin to shine

Ancestry of “засиять”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсия́тьto shine
2Proto-Slavicsijatito shine, to illuminate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sijati →Every word from Russian сия́ть →