Where does “свистати” come from?

свистати (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *svistati — to whistle, to swish.

Ancestry of “свистати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*svistatito whistle, to swish

Words derived from “свистати

Every word from Proto-Slavic *svistati