Where does “вмета́ть” come from?

вмета́ть (Russian) comes from Russian вмести, from Russian в-, from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

вмета́ть (Russian): to baste, to tack

Definitions

  1. to baste, to tack

Ancestry of “вмета́ть”, step by step

вмета́ть traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian вмести

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвместиto sweep (something) somewhere or into something
2Russianв-in, into
3Old Church Slavonicвъ-in, into describing an action of moving inside of something
4Proto-Slavicvъ(n)-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Russian мета́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмета́тьto [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast
2Old East Slavicметати—
3Proto-Slavicmetàtito throw
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmet-to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")

Words derived from “вмета́ть”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Russian в- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)- →