Where does “отместка” come from?
отместка (Russian) comes from Russian месть, from Old East Slavic мьсть, from Proto-Slavic mьstiti, from Proto-Slavic mьzda, from Proto-Indo-European misdʰ-.
отместка (Russian): revenge; repositioning
Ancestry of “отместка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | месть | revenge, vengeance; vendetta |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | мьсть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mьstiti | to avenge, to take vengeance upon |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | mьzda | payment, pay |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | misdʰ- | — |