Where does “убива́ти” come from?
убива́ти (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian вбива́ти, 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 — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
убива́ти (Ukrainian): to kill, to murder
Definitions
- to kill, to murder
Ancestry of “убива́ти”, step by step
убива́ти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian вбива́ти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | вбива́ти | to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to stick in |
| 2 | Ukrainian | вби́ти | to beat in, to drive in, to hammer in, to stick in |
| 3 | Ukrainian | в- | into, in indicates inward movement |
| 4 | Ukrainian | -бира́ти | — |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | -ати | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |
via Ukrainian уби́ти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | уби́ти | to kill, to murder |
| 2 | Ukrainian | у- | with a more concrete purpose |
| 3 | Ukrainian | у | in, at (to express static position/location; the following word starts with a consonant) |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | у | at |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | u | at, near, by |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | au | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |