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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

Definitions

  1. to stick , to drive

Ancestry of “втыкать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianты́катьto poke
2Russianтыsecond-person singular, nominative case: you,...
3Old East Slavicтꙑ—
4Proto-Slavictyyou
5Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
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