Where does “насміхатися” come from?

насміхатися (Ukrainian) comes 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;...

насміхатися (Ukrainian): to deride, to jeer at, laugh at, to mock, to ridicule, to scoff at

Definitions

  1. to deride, to jeer at, laugh at, to mock, to ridicule, to scoff at

Ancestry of “насміхатися”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-атиA suffix appended to words to form a verb
2Proto-Slavic-atiFrom imperfective verbs, forming...
3Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ěti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ati →