Where does “прикинутися” come from?
прикинутися (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian при-, from Ukrainian -бира́ти, 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;...
прикинутися (Ukrainian): to pretend, to feign, to act (as if)(+)to deliberately behave as though something were true when it is not
Definitions
- to pretend, to feign, to act (as if)(+)to deliberately behave as though something were true when it is not
Ancestry of “прикинутися”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | при- | arrival |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -бира́ти | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | -ати | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |