Where does “пожертвование” come from?
пожертвование (Russian) comes from Russian поже́ртвовать, from Russian же́ртвовать, from Russian же́ртва, from Church Slavonic жрьтва, from Proto-Slavic žьrtva, from Proto-Slavic -tva, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.
пожертвование (Russian): endowment, donation, contribution, dotation
Definitions
- endowment, donation, contribution, dotation
Ancestry of “пожертвование”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | поже́ртвовать | to donate |
| 2 | Russian | же́ртвовать | to donate |
| 3 | Russian | же́ртва | sacrifice |
| 4 | Church Slavonic | жрьтва | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | žьrtva | sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -tva | Deverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tweh₂ | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |