Where does “твердити” come from?

твердити (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic *tvьrditi — to harden.

твердити (Ukrainian): to affirm, to assert, to aver, to claim, to insist, to maintain state emphatically

Definitions

  1. to affirm, to assert, to aver, to claim, to insist, to maintain state emphatically

Ancestry of “твердити”, step by step

твердити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic *tvьrditi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*tvьrditito harden

via Ukrainian тверди́й

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianтверди́йhard, solid

Words derived from “твердити

Every word from Proto-Slavic *tvьrditi