Where does “від” come from?

від (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic otъ, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

від (Ukrainian): (away) from a general point of departure to state the direction of the movement, without implying that the subject was inside a space such as a building or a geographical place

Definitions

  1. (away) from a general point of departure to state the direction of the movement, without implying that the subject was inside a space such as a building or a geographical place

Ancestry of “від”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicotъfrom, away from; originating from, starting from...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “від

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éEvery word from Proto-Indo-European éti
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