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Where does “надуваться” come from?

надуваться (Russian) comes from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

надуваться (Russian): to fill out, to belly out, to swell out, to blow...

Definitions

  1. to fill out, to belly out, to swell out, to blow...

Ancestry of “надуваться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
2Old East Slavicсѧ—
3Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*sen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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