Where does “мовознавиця” come from?
мовознавиця (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian мовозна́вець, from Ukrainian знаве́ць, from Ukrainian знати, from Old East Slavic знати, from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “мовознавиця”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | мовозна́вець | linguist |
| 2 | Ukrainian | знаве́ць | cognoscente, connoisseur, adept, maven, expert |
| 3 | Ukrainian | знати | to know |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | знати | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | znati | to know |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źnōˀtei | to know |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéh₃t | to know; to get to know, to meet |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |