Where does “втыкать” come from?
втыкать (Russian) comes from Russian ты́кать, from Russian ты, from Old East Slavic тꙑ, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
втыкать (Russian): to stick , to drive
Ancestry of “втыкать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ты́кать | to poke |
| 2 | Russian | ты | second-person singular, nominative case: you,... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | тꙑ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |