Where does “вовремя” come from?

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

вовремя (Russian): in time, on time, timely

Definitions

  1. in time, on time, timely

Ancestry of “вовремя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianво-Alternative form of в-
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 Russian во- →