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Where does “непоследовательный” come from?

непоследовательный (Russian) comes from Russian после́довательный, from Russian после́довать, from Russian сле́довать, from Russian след, from Old East Slavic слѣдъ, from Proto-Slavic slědъ, from Latvian slaidus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- — slippery, to slide.

Ancestry of “непоследовательный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпосле́довательный—
2Russianпосле́довать—
3Russianсле́доватьto follow
4Russianследtrack; footprint, footstep; trace, sign
5Old East Slavicслѣдъtrace, track
6Proto-Slavicslědъtrack, trace
7Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
8Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide

Words derived from “непоследовательный”

  • непоследовательность
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