Where does “успокаиваться” come from?
успокаиваться (Russian) comes from Russian успока́ивать, from Russian успоко́ить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
успокаиваться (Russian): to calm down, to quiet down
Definitions
- to calm down, to quiet down
Ancestry of “успокаиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | успока́ивать | to calm, to quiet, to soothe |
| 2 | Russian | успоко́ить | to calm, to quiet, to soothe |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |