Where does “трудяга” come from?
трудяга (Russian) comes from Russian трудиться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
трудяга (Russian): workaholic, hard worker
Definitions
- workaholic, hard worker
Ancestry of “трудяга”, step by step
трудяга traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian трудиться
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | трудиться | to work, to labor, to toil; passive of труди́ть |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
via Ukrainian труди́тися
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | труди́тися | to labour, to labor, to toil, to work |