Where does “отморозок” come from?
отморозок (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.
отморозок (Russian): thug, scumbag, monster a person utterly lacking moral scruples, a criminal capable of barbaric violence
Definitions
- thug, scumbag, monster a person utterly lacking moral scruples, a criminal capable of barbaric violence
Ancestry of “отморозок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отморо́зить | to get frostbite on (a body part) |
| 2 | Russian | моро́зить | to freeze, congeal |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |