Where does “погорячиться” come from?
погорячиться (Russian) comes from Russian горячи́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
погорячиться (Russian): to get excited
Definitions
- to get excited
Ancestry of “погорячиться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | горячи́ться | to get angry (and act or talk rashly), to fly into a passion, to lose one's temper |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |