Where does “прапрапрадед” come from?

прапрапрадед (Russian) comes from Russian прапра́дед, from Russian пра́дед, from Russian де́д, from Proto-Slavic dědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dēˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

прапрапрадед (Russian): great-great-great-grandfather

Definitions

  1. great-great-great-grandfather

Ancestry of “прапрапрадед”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпрапра́дедgreat-great-grandfather
2Russianпра́дедgreat-grandfather
3Russianде́дgrandfather
4Proto-Slavicdědъgrandfather
5Proto-Balto-Slavicdēˀd-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁dʰ-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dēˀd- →