Where does “отставание” come from?
отставание (Russian) comes from Russian отстава́ть, from Russian отста́ть, from Russian ста́ть, from Old East Slavic стати, from Proto-Slavic stati, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
отставание (Russian): lagging, lag
Definitions
- lagging, lag
Ancestry of “отставание”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отстава́ть | to fall behind, to lag to be below average in performance |
| 2 | Russian | отста́ть | to fall behind, to lag to be below average in performance |
| 3 | Russian | ста́ть | to stand in a certain location or near someone or something |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | стати | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | stati | to stand; to become |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |