Where does “напаивать” come from?

напаивать (Russian) comes from Russian напои́ть, from Russian на-, from Proto-Slavic na, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

напаивать (Russian): to give to drink, to water; to make drunk; to...

Definitions

  1. to give to drink, to water; to make drunk; to...

Ancestry of “напаивать”, step by step

напаивать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian напои́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнапои́тьto give to drink, to water
2Russianна-onto, upon; to repletion, to satiation, to the...
3Proto-Slavicnaon; concerning; onto
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Russian напая́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнапая́тьto solder on
2Russianпая́тьsolder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Russian на- →Every word from Proto-Slavic na →
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