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Where does “необитаемый” come from?

необитаемый (Russian) comes from Russian не-, from Russian не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

необитаемый (Russian): uninhabited

Definitions

  1. uninhabited

Ancestry of “необитаемый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianне-un-, non-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis-
2Russianнеnot, no, -n't, without; Idiomatic negative usage;...
3Proto-Slavicnenot
4Proto-Balto-Slavicnē—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →