Where does “отягощать” come from?
отягощать (Russian) comes from Russian отяготи́ть, from Russian тяготи́ть, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
отягощать (Russian): to burden, to weigh down
Definitions
- to burden, to weigh down
Ancestry of “отягощать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отяготи́ть | to burden, to weigh down |
| 2 | Russian | тяготи́ть | to be a burden (on) |
| 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 |