Where does “задати” come from?
задати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ukrainian да́ти, from Ukrainian -е́ць, from Russian -кий, from Proto-Slavic -ъkъ, from Proto-Slavic -kъ, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
задати (Serbo-Croatian): to assign, give; to cause
Definitions
- to assign, give; to cause
Ancestry of “задати”, step by step
задати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian да́ти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | да́ти | to give |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -е́ць | — |
| 3 | Russian | -кий | -y, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |