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Where does “объясни́ть” come from?

объясни́ть (Russian) comes from Russian -ясни́ть, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “объясни́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ясни́ть—
2Russian-и́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “объясни́ть”

  • объяснимый
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