Where does “мракобесие” come from?
мракобесие (Russian) comes from Russian беситься, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
мракобесие (Russian): obscurantism opposition to enlightenment and progress
Definitions
- obscurantism opposition to enlightenment and progress
Ancestry of “мракобесие”, step by step
мракобесие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian беситься
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | беситься | to become rabid; to rage, to be furious, to... |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |