Where does “надобиться” come from?

надобиться (Russian) comes from Russian добиться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

надобиться (Russian): to need

Definitions

  1. to need

Ancestry of “надобиться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдобитьсяto (try to) achieve, to attain, to get, to reach
2Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
3Old East Slavicсѧ—
4Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*senoneself
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Russian -ся →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen →