Where does “лизоблюд” come from?
лизоблюд (Russian) comes from Russian лиза́ть, from Old East Slavic лизати, from Proto-Slavic līzàti, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.
лизоблюд (Russian): adulator, lickspittle
Ancestry of “лизоблюд”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | лиза́ть | to lick |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | лизати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | līzàti | to lick |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵʰ- | to lick |