Where does “расплывчатый” come from?
расплывчатый (Russian) comes from Russian расплываться, from Russian расплы́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
расплывчатый (Russian): blurred, indistinct, fuzzy; vague, indistinct
Definitions
- blurred, indistinct, fuzzy; vague, indistinct
Ancestry of “расплывчатый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | расплываться | to run; to be blurred, to become fuzzy; to run to... |
| 2 | Russian | расплы́ться | — |
| 3 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |