Where does “осиливать” come from?
осиливать (Russian) comes from Russian оси́лить, from Russian -си́лить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
осиливать (Russian): to overpower; to manage, to cope, to master
Definitions
- to overpower; to manage, to cope, to master
Ancestry of “осиливать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | оси́лить | — |
| 2 | Russian | -си́лить | — |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |