Where does “знешкодити” come from?

знешкодити (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian зне-, 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...

знешкодити (Ukrainian): to render harmless

Definitions

  1. to render harmless

Ancestry of “знешкодити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianзне-de-, un-: reversal, undoing
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- →