Where does “самопожертвование” come from?
самопожертвование (Russian) comes from Russian пожертвование, from Russian поже́ртвовать, from Russian же́ртвовать, from Russian же́ртва, from Church Slavonic жрьтва, from Proto-Slavic žьrtva, from Proto-Slavic -tva, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂.
самопожертвование (Russian): self-sacrifice giving up of one's own benefit
Definitions
- self-sacrifice giving up of one's own benefit
Ancestry of “самопожертвование”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пожертвование | endowment, donation, contribution, dotation |
| 2 | Russian | поже́ртвовать | to donate |
| 3 | Russian | же́ртвовать | to donate |
| 4 | Russian | же́ртва | sacrifice |
| 5 | Church Slavonic | жрьтва | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | žьrtva | sacrifice |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -tva | Deverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tweh₂ | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |