Where does “поправка” come from?
поправка (Russian) comes from Russian попра́вить, from Russian пра́вить, from Old East Slavic правити, from Old East Slavic -тель, from Proto-Slavic -teľь, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós, from Proto-Finnic wiša — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
поправка (Russian): repairing, mending
Definitions
- repairing, mending
Ancestry of “поправка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | попра́вить | to correct, to improve, to repair |
| 2 | Russian | пра́вить | to govern |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | правити | to lead |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | -тель | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -teľь | Deverbative, forms agent nouns from the... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |