Where does “залицяннячко” come from?
залицяннячко (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian залиця́ння, from Ukrainian -я́ння, from Ukrainian -я́ти, from Proto-Slavic ęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ímtei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.
Ancestry of “залицяннячко”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | залиця́ння | courting, wooing, courtship |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -я́ння | Suffix used to form verbal nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in: -ing, -tion, -ence, -ance, -ment, etc |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -я́ти | Suffix added to some perfective verbs of class 4 to produce imperfective equivalents |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | ęti | to take |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ímtei | to take |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |