Where does “отгородиться” come from?
отгородиться (Russian) comes from Russian отгороди́ть, from Russian городи́ть, from Proto-Slavic gorditi, from Proto-Slavic gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gardas, from Proto-Indo-European gʰerdʰ- — to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt.
отгородиться (Russian): to fence oneself off
Definitions
- to fence oneself off
Ancestry of “отгородиться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отгороди́ть | to fence off, to partition off, to screen off |
| 2 | Russian | городи́ть | to surround with a fence |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | gorditi | to fence, to enclose; to build |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | gȏrdъ | fortified settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gardas | enclosure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |