Where does “озадачивать” come from?
озадачивать (Russian) comes from Russian озада́чить, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
озадачивать (Russian): to puzzle, to perplex; to give a task/job
Definitions
- to puzzle, to perplex; to give a task/job
Ancestry of “озадачивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | озада́чить | to puzzle, to perplex |
| 2 | Russian | о- | prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |