Where does “пререкаемый” come from?
пререкаемый (Russian) comes from Russian пререкаться, from Russian пре-, from Old Church Slavonic пре-, from Proto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “пререкаемый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пререкаться | to bicker, to quarrel |
| 2 | Russian | пре- | over, across; most, very |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пре- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | — |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “пререкаемый”