Where does “Мегажир'я” come from?
Мегажир'я (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian Межигір'я, from Ukrainian між, from Proto-Slavic meďu, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
Мегажир'я (Ukrainian): Mezhyhirya Estate, former residence for Viktor Yanukovych currently used as a museum
Definitions
- Mezhyhirya Estate, former residence for Viktor Yanukovych currently used as a museum
Ancestry of “Мегажир'я”, step by step
Мегажир'я traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian Межигір'я
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | Межигір'я | A former women's monastery located in Vyshhorod, to the north of Kyiv |
| 2 | Ukrainian | між | between, among expressing position in space or time + |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | meďu | between, among |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |