Where does “словосочетание” come from?
словосочетание (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.
словосочетание (Russian): word combination, phrase
Definitions
- word combination, phrase
Ancestry of “словосочетание”, step by step
словосочетание 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 сочета́ние
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сочета́ние | combination |
| 2 | Russian | -а́ние | tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in |