Where does “отговаривать” come from?
отговаривать (Russian) comes from Russian отговори́ть, from Russian говори́ть, from Proto-Slavic govorìti, from Proto-Indo-European gow(H)- — to call, cry.
отговаривать (Russian): to dissuade (someone from), to put someone off, to talk/reason (someone out of)
Definitions
- to dissuade (someone from), to put someone off, to talk/reason (someone out of)
Ancestry of “отговаривать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отговори́ть | to dissuade (someone from), to put someone off, to talk/reason (someone out of) |
| 2 | Russian | говори́ть | to speak; speak |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | govorìti | to speak, to talk |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gow(H)- | to call, cry |