Where does “отставливать” come from?
отставливать (Russian) comes from Russian отста́вить, from Russian ста́вить, from Old East Slavic ставити, from Proto-Slavic stàviti — to place, put.
Definitions
Ancestry of “отставливать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отста́вить | to set/put aside |
| 2 | Russian | ста́вить | to place |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | ставити | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | stàviti | to place, put |