Where does “сра́внивать” come from?
сра́внивать (Russian) comes from Russian сравни́ть, 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, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
сра́внивать (Russian): to compare
Definitions
- to compare
Ancestry of “сра́внивать”, step by step
сра́внивать traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian сравни́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сравни́ть | to compare |
| 2 | Russian | с- | down; off, from off |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Russian сровня́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сровня́ть | to level, to even |
| 2 | Russian | ровня́ть | to level, to even |
| 3 | Russian | -я́ть | {{i|imperfectivizing suffix}} |
| 4 | Russian | -а́ть | The infinitive suffix for many verbs. Usually indicates an imperfective verb |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |