Where does “якщодоїзм” come from?
якщодоїзм (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian як, from Old East Slavic ꙗко, from Proto-Slavic jako, from Proto-Slavic jakъ, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.
якщодоїзм (Ukrainian): whataboutism
Definitions
- whataboutism
Ancestry of “якщодоїзм”, step by step
якщодоїзм traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian як
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | як | how |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | ꙗко | how? |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jako | how, in which way |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jakъ | of this kind; of what/which kind |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | jь | this; he |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | iś | this |
| 7 | Old Polish | ić | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via English whataboutism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whataboutism | A propaganda technique where criticisms are... |
| 2 | English | what about | Used to ask someone to consider something or... |
| 3 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
via Ukrainian щодо
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | щодо | concerning, as regards, regarding, as for, as to + |
| 2 | Ukrainian | що | that; that, which; what |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | čьto | what |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ki | what |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |