Where does “в-” come from?

в- (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

в- (Russian): in, into

Definitions

  1. in, into

Ancestry of “в-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвъ-in, into describing an action of moving inside of something
2Proto-Slavicvъ(n)-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “в-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)- →Every word from Old Church Slavonic въ- →