Where does “вдобавок” come from?
вдобавок (Russian) comes from Russian в, from Old East Slavic въ, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
вдобавок (Russian): in addition, on top of everything
Definitions
- in addition, on top of everything
Ancestry of “вдобавок”, step by step
вдобавок traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian в
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | в | in, at, on; to, into; at, in, on |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | въ | inside |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vъ(n) | in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Russian доба́вок
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | доба́вок | — |