Where does “затруднительный” come from?
затруднительный (Russian) comes from Russian затрудни́ть, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
затруднительный (Russian): cumbersome, hard, straitened or awkward (situation)
Definitions
- cumbersome, hard, straitened or awkward (situation)
Ancestry of “затруднительный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | затрудни́ть | to hamper, to impede, to complicate |
| 2 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |