Where does “уби́ти” come from?
уби́ти (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian вби́ти, from Ukrainian в-, 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;...
уби́ти (Ukrainian): to kill, to murder
Definitions
- to kill, to murder
Ancestry of “уби́ти”, step by step
уби́ти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian вби́ти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | вби́ти | to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to stick in |
| 2 | Ukrainian | в- | into, in indicates inward movement |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -бира́ти | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | -ати | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |
via Proto-Slavic *ubiti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *ubiti | — |