Where does “зменшуватися” come from?
зменшуватися (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian зме́ншувати, from Ukrainian з-, from Ukrainian леті́ти, from Old East Slavic летѣти, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
зменшуватися (Ukrainian): to decrease, to diminish, to lessen, to dwindle, to shrink
Definitions
- to decrease, to diminish, to lessen, to dwindle, to shrink
Ancestry of “зменшуватися”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | зме́ншувати | to reduce, to lessen, to decrease, to diminish |
| 2 | Ukrainian | з- | attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect |
| 3 | Ukrainian | леті́ти | to fly |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | летѣти | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |