Where does “змушений” come from?

змушений (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian змусити, 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...

змушений (Ukrainian): forced, compelled, constrained

Definitions

  1. forced, compelled, constrained

Ancestry of “змушений”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianзмуситиto force, to coerce, to compel
2Ukrainianз-attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
3Ukrainianлеті́тиto fly
4Old East Slavicлетѣти—
5Proto-Slavicletětito fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →Every word from Ukrainian з- →
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