Where does “подкрепление” come from?
подкрепление (Russian) comes from Russian подкрепи́ть, from Russian крепи́ть, from Serbo-Croatian krepiti, from Serbo-Croatian krȅpak, from Proto-Slavic krěpъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
подкрепление (Russian): reinforcement
Definitions
- reinforcement
Ancestry of “подкрепление”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подкрепи́ть | to support |
| 2 | Russian | крепи́ть | to fasten, to secure in place, to timber, to support, to prop |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | krepiti | to strengthen, invigorate, reinforce, vitalize,... |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | krȅpak | strong, robust |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | krěpъkъ | strong |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |