Etymology Explorer › Russian

Where does “отмораживать” come from?

отмораживать (Russian) comes from Russian отморо́зить, from Russian моро́зить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

отмораживать (Russian): to get frostbite on

Definitions

  1. to get frostbite on

Ancestry of “отмораживать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотморо́зить—
2Russianморо́зитьto freeze, congeal
3Russian-и́ть—
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →