Where does “отступаться” come from?
отступаться (Russian) comes from Russian отступа́ть, from Russian ступа́ть, from Russian ступи́ть, from Russian с-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
отступаться (Russian): to give up, to renounce
Definitions
- to give up, to renounce
Ancestry of “отступаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отступа́ть | to retreat, to fall back |
| 2 | Russian | ступа́ть | to tread, to step on |
| 3 | Russian | ступи́ть | to step |
| 4 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |