Where does “обзавестись” come from?
обзавестись (Russian) comes from Russian завести́сь, from Russian вести́сь, from Russian -сь, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
обзавестись (Russian): to acquire, to provide oneself
Definitions
- to acquire, to provide oneself
Ancestry of “обзавестись”, step by step
обзавестись traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian завести́сь
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | завести́сь | to be acquired idiomatically translated by |
| 2 | Russian | вести́сь | to be in progress, to be underway |
| 3 | Russian | -сь | contraction of -ся; this, last |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Russian об–
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | об– | before certain letters |