Where does “сверхценная идея” come from?

сверхценная идея (Russian) comes from Russian идея, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα, from Ancient Greek εἴδω, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

сверхценная идея (Russian): overvalued idea an unreasonable and sustained belief with an underlying affective component

Definitions

  1. overvalued idea an unreasonable and sustained belief with an underlying affective component

Ancestry of “сверхценная идея”, step by step

сверхценная идея traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian идея

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianидеяidea, thought, notion
2Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
3Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Russian сверхценный

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсверхценный—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Ancient Greek εἴδω →Every word from Ancient Greek ἰδέα →