Where does “загнивать” come from?

загнивать (Russian) comes from Russian загни́ть, from Russian гнить, from Proto-Slavic gňiti, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH-.

загнивать (Russian): to rot, to decay

Definitions

  1. to rot, to decay

Ancestry of “загнивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзагни́тьto begin to rot; to become rotten
2Russianгнитьto rot, to go bad, to putrefy, to decompose, to...
3Proto-Slavicgňitito rot
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰneyH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic gňiti →Every word from Russian гнить →