Where does “скорботний” come from?

скорботний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian скорбо́та, from Russian -ота́, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

скорботний (Ukrainian): sorrowful, mournful, doleful

Definitions

  1. sorrowful, mournful, doleful

Ancestry of “скорботний”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianскорбо́таgrief, sorrow, affliction, woe
2Russian-ота́—
3Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
5Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Russian -ота́ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →