Where does “вышивать” come from?
вышивать (Russian) comes from Russian вы́шить, from Russian вы́-, from Old East Slavic вꙑ-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
вышивать (Russian): to embroider
Ancestry of “вышивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | вы́шить | — |
| 2 | Russian | вы́- | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | вꙑ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |