Where does “отваживаться” come from?
отваживаться (Russian) comes from Russian отва́житься, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
отваживаться (Russian): to get out of the habit; passive of отва́живать;...
Definitions
- to get out of the habit; passive of отва́живать;...
Ancestry of “отваживаться”, step by step
отваживаться traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian отва́житься
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отва́житься | to dare, to venture, to have the courage |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
via Russian отва́живать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отва́живать | to break of the habit (of), to teach not (to) |
| 2 | Russian | отва́дить | to break of the habit (of), to teach not (to) |
| 3 | Russian | от- | away from |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | otъ- | — |