Where does “своеволие” come from?
своеволие (Russian) comes from Russian свой, from Russian свои, from Proto-Slavic svojь, from Proto-Indo-European swoyos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
своеволие (Russian): willfulness, stubbornness; arbitrariness
Definitions
- willfulness, stubbornness; arbitrariness
Ancestry of “своеволие”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | свой | one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their;... |
| 2 | Russian | свои | inflection of свой :
## nominative plural
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| 3 | Proto-Slavic | svojь | one's own |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |