Where does “улетучиваться” come from?
улетучиваться (Russian) comes from Russian улету́чивать, from Russian улету́чить, from Russian лету́чий, from Russian лета́ть, from Proto-Slavic lětati, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
улетучиваться (Russian): to evaporate, to vaporize
Definitions
- to evaporate, to vaporize
Ancestry of “улетучиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | улету́чивать | to evaporate, to vaporize, to volatilize |
| 2 | Russian | улету́чить | to evaporate, to vaporize, to volatilize |
| 3 | Russian | лету́чий | flying |
| 4 | Russian | лета́ть | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | lětati | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |