Where does “вогнетривкий” come from?

вогнетривкий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian вогонь, from Russian огонь, from Old East Slavic огнь, from Proto-Slavic ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ungnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- — to burn; fire.

вогнетривкий (Ukrainian): fireproof, refractory

Definitions

  1. fireproof, refractory

Ancestry of “вогнетривкий”, step by step

вогнетривкий traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian вогонь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianвогоньfire; hearth, fireplace; sunlight
2Russianогоньfire; light; weapons fire
3Old East Slavicогньfire
4Proto-Slavicogňьfire
5Proto-Balto-Slavicungnisfire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥gʷnisfire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁engʷ-to burn; fire

via Ukrainian тривки́й

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianтривки́йdurable, lasting
2Ukrainian-ки́йy, -ous: Used to form qualitative adjectives from verbs and nouns, with the meaning "having the characteristic of X"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ungnis →
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