Where does “обостряться” come from?
обостряться (Russian) comes from Russian обостря́ть, from Russian обостри́ть, from Russian остри́ть, from Russian о́стрый, from Proto-Slavic ostrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic aśras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
обостряться (Russian): to become sharp; to become more sensitive/acute;...
Definitions
- to become sharp; to become more sensitive/acute;...
Ancestry of “обостряться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | обостря́ть | to escalate, to intensify |
| 2 | Russian | обостри́ть | to escalate, to intensify |
| 3 | Russian | остри́ть | to sharpen, to whet |
| 4 | Russian | о́стрый | pointed, sharp; sharp, pointed |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | ostrъ | sharp |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | aśras | sharp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂eḱrós | sharp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |