Where does “упокоевать” come from?
упокоевать (Russian) comes from Russian упоко́ить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
упокоевать (Russian): to bring peace to (someone), to free (someone) from mental anguish, to cause (someone) to rest in peace
Definitions
- to bring peace to (someone), to free (someone) from mental anguish, to cause (someone) to rest in peace
Ancestry of “упокоевать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | упоко́ить | to bring peace to (someone), to free (someone) from mental anguish, to cause (someone) to rest in peace |
| 2 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |