Where does “віддячити” come from?
віддячити (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian від-, from Ukrainian сканувати, from English scan, from Middle English scannen, from Middle English scanden, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
віддячити (Ukrainian): to return/repay someone's kindness/favour
Definitions
- to return/repay someone's kindness/favour
Ancestry of “віддячити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | від- | dis-, away; indicates physical or abstract movement apart, detachment, or removal from a point of origin or connection. Often forms perfective verbs |
| 2 | Ukrainian | сканувати | to scan |
| 3 | English | scan | To examine sequentially, carefully, or... |
| 4 | Middle English | scannen | to mark off verse to show metrical structure |
| 5 | Middle English | scanden | Alternative form of schonden |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |