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 (in, into)

Definitions

  1. to stick (in, into)

Ancestry of “вкалывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвколо́тьto stick (in, into)
2Russianв-in, into
3Old Church Slavonicвъ-in, into describing an action of moving inside of something
4Proto-Slavicvъ(n)-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Russian в- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)- →