Where does “впиваться” come from?
впиваться (Russian) comes from Russian впи́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
впиваться (Russian): to stick (into), to pierce, to bite (into), to drive one's sting (into), to dig one's fangs (into)
Definitions
- to stick (into), to pierce, to bite (into), to drive one's sting (into), to dig one's fangs (into)
Ancestry of “впиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | впи́ться | to stick (into), to pierce, to bite (into), to drive one's sting (into), to dig one's fangs (into) |
| 2 | Russian | -ся | Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѧ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sę | oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sen | oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |