Where does “заслать” come from?
заслать (Russian) comes from Russian сла́ть, from Old East Slavic сълати, from Proto-Slavic sъlati, from Proto-Indo-European selh₂- — mercy, comfort.
заслать (Russian): to send; to dispatch/send to the wrong address
Definitions
- to send; to dispatch/send to the wrong address
Ancestry of “заслать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | сла́ть | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | сълати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sъlati | to send |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | selh₂- | mercy, comfort |