Where does “зевота” come from?

зевота (Russian) comes from Russian -ота́, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

зевота (Russian): (a fit of) yawning

Definitions

  1. (a fit of) yawning

Ancestry of “зевота”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ота́—
2Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Russian -ота́ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →
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