Where does “не-” come from?
не- (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...
не- (Ukrainian): not; un-
Ancestry of “не-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | з- | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | леті́ти | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | летѣти | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |