Where does “противостоять” come from?
противостоять (Russian) comes from Russian стоя́ть, from Old East Slavic стоꙗти, from Proto-Slavic stojati, from Proto-Slavic stojěti, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
противостоять (Russian): to counter, to contradict, to oppose, to...
Definitions
- to counter, to contradict, to oppose, to...