Where does “злонамеренный” come from?

злонамеренный (Russian) comes from Russian наме́ренный, from Russian наме́рение, from Russian наме́рить, from Russian ме́рить, from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

злонамеренный (Russian): malicious, ill-intentioned

Definitions

  1. malicious, ill-intentioned

Ancestry of “злонамеренный”, step by step

злонамеренный traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian наме́ренный

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнаме́ренныйintentional
2Russianнаме́рениеintention, intent, purpose
3Russianнаме́ритьto measure out
4Russianме́ритьto measure
5Proto-Slavicměritito measure
6Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
7Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Russian [[зло

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian[[зло

via Russian зл(о)]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзл(о)]]
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti