Where does “світлонепроникний” come from?
світлонепроникний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian непроникни́й, from Ukrainian не-, 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...
світлонепроникний (Ukrainian): light-blocking, light-impermeable, lightproof, nontranslucent
Definitions
- light-blocking, light-impermeable, lightproof, nontranslucent
Ancestry of “світлонепроникний”, step by step
світлонепроникний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian непроникни́й
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | непроникни́й | impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, tight |
| 2 | Ukrainian | не- | not; un- |
| 3 | Ukrainian | з- | attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect |
| 4 | Ukrainian | леті́ти | to fly |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | летѣти | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |