Where does “вкалывать” come from?
вкалывать (Russian) comes from Russian вколо́ть, from Russian в-, from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
вкалывать (Russian): to stick; to inject , to give a shot; to work...
Definitions
- to stick; to inject , to give a shot; to work...
Ancestry of “вкалывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | вколо́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | в- | in, into |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | въ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | vъ(n)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |