Where does “немногословный” come from?
немногословный (Russian) comes from Russian многосло́вный, from Russian многословие, from Russian сло́во, from Old East Slavic слово, from Proto-Slavic slȍvo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
немногословный (Russian): terse, laconic
Ancestry of “немногословный”, step by step