Where does “уклончиво” come from?
уклончиво (Russian) comes from Russian укло́нчивый, from Russian уклониться, from Russian уклони́ть, from Russian клони́ть, from Proto-Slavic kloniti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
уклончиво (Russian): evasively
Ancestry of “уклончиво”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | укло́нчивый | — |
| 2 | Russian | уклониться | to turn aside, to dodge; to deviate; to avoid, to... |
| 3 | Russian | уклони́ть | — |
| 4 | Russian | клони́ть | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kloniti | to bow; to incline, to converge |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |