Where does “обели́ть” come from?
обели́ть (Russian) comes from Russian бели́ть, from Proto-Slavic běliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
обели́ть (Russian): to whitewash, to redeem
Definitions
- to whitewash, to redeem
Ancestry of “обели́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бели́ть | to blanch, to whiten, to make something white factitive deadjectival verb of |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | běliti | to whiten |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |