Where does “сдерживаться” come from?
сдерживаться (Russian) comes from Russian сде́рживать, from Russian сдержа́ть, from Russian с-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
сдерживаться (Russian): to control/restrain oneself, to hold oneself in...
Definitions
- to control/restrain oneself, to hold oneself in...
Ancestry of “сдерживаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сде́рживать | to hold in, to hold back, to keep back, to restrain, to hold in check, to contain, to deter |
| 2 | Russian | сдержа́ть | to hold in, to hold back, to keep back, to restrain, to hold in check, to contain, to deter |
| 3 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |