Where does “поверхностный” come from?
поверхностный (Russian) comes from Russian пове́рхность, from Russian -ность, from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
поверхностный (Russian): surface
Definitions
- surface
Ancestry of “поверхностный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пове́рхность | surface, face |
| 2 | Russian | -ность | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives. A... |
| 3 | Russian | -ость | -ness, -ity |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |