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Where does “полюбоваться” come from?

полюбоваться (Russian) comes from Russian любова́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

полюбоваться (Russian): to admire, to feast one's eyes

Definitions

  1. to admire, to feast one's eyes

Ancestry of “полюбоваться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлюбова́ться—
2Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
3Old East Slavicсѧ—
4Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*sen—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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