Where does “выкать” come from?
выкать (Russian) comes from Russian вы, from Old Church Slavonic вꙑ, from Proto-Slavic vy, from Proto-Indo-European wōs.
выкать (Russian): to use the formal form of address, to be on...
Definitions
- to use the formal form of address, to be on...
Ancestry of “выкать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | вы | you |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | вꙑ | you |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vy | you, ye; you |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wōs | — |