Where does “вдохнуть” come from?
вдохнуть (Russian) comes from Russian в-, from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
вдохнуть (Russian): to inhale, to breathe in
Ancestry of “вдохнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | в- | in, into |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | въ- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vъ(n)- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |