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Where does “осквернить” come from?

осквернить (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic оскврьнити, from Old Church Slavonic -ити, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “осквернить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicоскврьнити—
2Old Church Slavonic-ити—
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 “осквернить”

  • осквернять
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →