Where does “позволять” come from?
позволять (Russian) comes from Russian позволить, 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,...
позволять (Russian): to allow, to permit
Definitions
- to allow, to permit
Ancestry of “позволять”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | позволить | to allow, to permit |
| 2 | Polish | pozwolić | to allow, to permit, to consent to; to not bar,... |
| 3 | Polish | zwolić | to allow, to permit |
| 4 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 5 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |