Where does “напа́дник” come from?
напа́дник (Ukrainian) comes from Serbo-Croatian нападати, from Serbo-Croatian -ати, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
напа́дник (Ukrainian): attacker, assailant
Definitions
- attacker, assailant
Ancestry of “напа́дник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | нападати | to attack |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -ати | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |