Where does “зеленовато-голубой” come from?
зеленовато-голубой (Russian) comes from Russian зеленова́тый, from Russian зелёный, from Proto-Slavic zelenъ, from Proto-Slavic zelti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
зеленовато-голубой (Russian): teal
Definitions
- teal
Ancestry of “зеленовато-голубой”, step by step
зеленовато-голубой traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian зеленова́тый
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | зеленова́тый | greenish |
| 2 | Russian | зелёный | green; inexperienced, raw; sickly, deathly pale |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | zelenъ | green |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | zelti | perhaps to hurt, to sting, to inflict trauma |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |