Where does “попытаться” come from?
попытаться (Russian) comes from Russian пыта́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
попытаться (Russian): to attempt, to try
Ancestry of “попытаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пыта́ться | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |