Where does “недоплачивать” come from?
недоплачивать (Russian) comes from Russian недоплати́ть, from Russian недо-, from Russian не-, from Russian не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.
недоплачивать (Russian): to underpay to pay someone less than the value of their work; to pay someone insufficiently
Definitions
- to underpay to pay someone less than the value of their work; to pay someone insufficiently
Ancestry of “недоплачивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | недоплати́ть | to underpay to pay someone less than the value of their work; to pay someone insufficiently |
| 2 | Russian | недо- | under-, insufficiently |
| 3 | Russian | не- | un-, non-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- |
| 4 | Russian | не | not, no, -n't, without; Idiomatic negative usage;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ne | not |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nē | not |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |