Where does “зни́щити” come from?

зни́щити (Ukrainian) comes 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...

зни́щити (Ukrainian): to destroy, to annihilate, to obliterate

Definitions

  1. to destroy, to annihilate, to obliterate

Ancestry of “зни́щити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianз-attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
2Ukrainianлеті́тиto fly
3Old East Slavicлетѣти—
4Proto-Slavicletětito fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “зни́щити”

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