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Where does “кали́ть” come from?

кали́ть (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic kaliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “кали́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickalitito soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “кали́ть”

  • накалить
  • калильный
  • раскалить
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