Where does “обнадёживать” come from?
обнадёживать (Russian) comes from Russian обнадёжить, from Russian надёжа, from Old East Slavic надежа, from Proto-Slavic nadeďa, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
обнадёживать (Russian): to assure, to reassure, to encourage
Definitions
- to assure, to reassure, to encourage
Ancestry of “обнадёживать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | обнадёжить | to assure, to reassure, to encourage |
| 2 | Russian | надёжа | hope; support, stronghold |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | надежа | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | nadeďa | hope |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | děti | to do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dḗˀtei | to put, to place; to do |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |