Where does “простужаться” come from?
простужаться (Russian) comes from Russian простужать, from Russian простуди́ть, from Russian про́-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
простужаться (Russian): to catch a cold
Definitions
- to catch a cold
Ancestry of “простужаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | простужать | to let catch cold, to let take/catch a chill |
| 2 | Russian | простуди́ть | to let catch cold, to let take/catch a chill |
| 3 | Russian | про́- | through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |