Where does “викоріняти” come from?
викоріняти (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian викоренити, from Ukrainian ви́-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
викоріняти (Ukrainian): to reform
Definitions
- to reform
Ancestry of “викоріняти”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | викоренити | to eradicate, to extirpate, to root out completely get rid of, as if by the roots |
| 2 | Ukrainian | ви́- | out, ex- describing an action of moving outside from inside |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |