Where does “има́ть” come from?

има́ть (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic jьmati, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

има́ть (Russian): to take, to grasp, to catch, to get, to acquire

Definitions

  1. to take, to grasp, to catch, to get, to acquire

Ancestry of “има́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьmatito take; to have
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

Words derived from “има́ть”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- →Every word from Proto-Slavic jьmati →