Where does “непристойность” come from?
непристойность (Russian) comes from Russian непристо́йный, from Russian не-, from Russian не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.
непристойность (Russian): obscenity
Ancestry of “непристойность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | непристо́йный | — |
| 2 | Russian | не- | un-, non-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- |
| 3 | Russian | не | not, no, -n't, without; Idiomatic negative usage;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | ne | not |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | nē | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |