Where does “косоворо́тка” come from?
косоворо́тка (Russian) comes from Russian во́рот, from Old East Slavic воротъ, from Proto-Slavic vortъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.
косоворо́тка (Russian): kosovorotka
Definitions
- kosovorotka
Ancestry of “косоворо́тка”, step by step
косоворо́тка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian во́рот
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | во́рот | collar (of a shirt) |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | воротъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vortъ | neck |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъ | *poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -om | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -o- | — |
via Russian косо́й
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | косо́й | slanting, oblique, skewed inclined at an angle to the plane; not straight, not sheer |