Where does “поседеть” come from?
поседеть (Russian) comes from Russian седе́ть, from Russian -е́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
поседеть (Russian): to become gray, to turn gray
Definitions
- to become gray, to turn gray
Ancestry of “поседеть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | седе́ть | to turn gray |
| 2 | Russian | -е́ть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |