Where does “бесавесно” come from?
бесавесно (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian беса́вестан, from Serbo-Croatian са́вестан, from Serbo-Croatian са́вест, from Old Church Slavonic съвѣсть, from Old Church Slavonic съвѣдѣти, from Old Church Slavonic съ, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — resin, gum; to say, speak.
бесавесно (Serbo-Croatian): unscrupulously, consciencelessly
Definitions
- unscrupulously, consciencelessly
Ancestry of “бесавесно”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | беса́вестан | unscrupulous, conscienceless |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | са́вестан | conscientious |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | са́вест | conscience |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | съвѣсть | conscience |
| 5 | Old Church Slavonic | съвѣдѣти | to know; to know thyself |
| 6 | Old Church Slavonic | съ | with |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |