Where does “хованки” come from?
хованки (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian ховатися, from Ukrainian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
хованки (Ukrainian): hide and seek a game
Definitions
- hide and seek a game
Ancestry of “хованки”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | ховатися | to hide |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and infinitives to make a reflexive, reciprocal, intransitive or passive verb |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |