Where does “целеустремлённый” come from?
целеустремлённый (Russian) comes from Russian цель, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic til, from Proto-Germanic tilą — to share, divide.
целеустремлённый (Russian): goal-driven, goal-oriented, focused (on a goal)
Definitions
- goal-driven, goal-oriented, focused (on a goal)
Ancestry of “целеустремлённый”, step by step
целеустремлённый traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian цель
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | цель | goal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;... |
| 2 | Polish | cel | goal, aim, objective; target; destination |
| 3 | Old Polish | cel | target |
| 4 | Czech | cíl | goal, objective |
| 5 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
via Russian устремлённый
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | устремлённый | past passive perfective participle of устреми́ть |