Where does “начисто” come from?
начисто (Russian) comes from Russian чи́стый, from Old East Slavic чистъ, from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.
начисто (Russian): clean; outright, decidedly, openly, flatly
Definitions
- clean; outright, decidedly, openly, flatly
Ancestry of “начисто”, step by step