Where does “окаменелость” come from?
окаменелость (Russian) comes from Russian окамене́лый, from Russian окаменеть, from Russian камене́ть, from Russian ка́мень, from Old East Slavic камень, from Proto-Slavic kamy, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱmō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
окаменелость (Russian): fossil, petrifaction
Definitions
- fossil, petrifaction
Ancestry of “окаменелость”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | окамене́лый | petrified, turned to stone |
| 2 | Russian | окаменеть | to turn to stone, to petrify; to petrify, to be... |
| 3 | Russian | камене́ть | to turn to stone, to petrify |
| 4 | Russian | ка́мень | stone, rock |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | камень | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | kamy | stone |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éḱmō | stone |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |