Where does “мешкотный” come from?

мешкотный (Russian) comes from Russian мешкота́, from Russian -ота́, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

мешкотный (Russian): dilatory

Definitions

  1. dilatory

Ancestry of “мешкотный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмешкота́otiosity, leisureliness
2Russian-ота́—
3Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
5Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Russian -ота́ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →
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