Where does “словообразовательный” come from?
словообразовательный (Russian) comes from Russian сло́во, from Old East Slavic слово, from Proto-Slavic slȍvo, from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
словообразовательный (Russian): word-formative, word-formational, derivational
Definitions
- word-formative, word-formational, derivational
Ancestry of “словообразовательный”, step by step
словообразовательный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian сло́во
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сло́во | word |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | слово | word |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | slȍvo | word |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱléwos | fame |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Russian образова́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | образова́ть | to form, to make, to make up, to produce |
| 2 | Russian | -ова́ть | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ovati | Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives |