Where does “обсесть” come from?
обсесть (Russian) comes from Russian сесть, from Old East Slavic сѣсти, from Proto-Slavic sěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
обсесть (Russian): to sit around something
Definitions
- to sit around something
Ancestry of “обсесть”, step by step
обсесть traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian сесть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сесть | to sit down; to be imprisoned; to become flat, to... |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | сѣсти | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sěsti | to sit down |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sḗˀstei | to sit down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |
via Russian об–
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | об– | before certain letters |