Where does “порыбачить” come from?

порыбачить (Russian) comes from Russian рыба́чить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

порыбачить (Russian): to fish, to angle (for a while)

Definitions

  1. to fish, to angle (for a while)

Ancestry of “порыбачить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianрыба́читьto fish, to angle
2Russian-и́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →
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