Where does “vdechnout” come from?

vdechnout (Czech) comes from Czech dech, from Old Czech dech, from Proto-Slavic dъxъ, from Proto-Slavic dyxъ — whiff, sniff.

vdechnout (Czech): to aspirate to inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs

Definitions

  1. to aspirate to inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs

Ancestry of “vdechnout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdechbreath
2Old Czechdechbreath act or process of breathing
3Proto-Slavicdъxъbreath; whiff
4Proto-Slavicdyxъwhiff, sniff
Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dъxъ →Every word from Old Czech dech →