Where does “позволить” come from?
позволить (Russian) comes from Polish pozwolić, from Polish zwolić, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
позволить (Russian): to allow, to permit
Ancestry of “позволить”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | pozwolić | to allow, to permit, to consent to; to not bar,... |
| 2 | Polish | zwolić | — |
| 3 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 4 | Old Polish | -nik | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |