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
- to give to drink, to water; to make drunk; to...
Ancestry of “напаивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | напои́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | на- | onto, upon; to repletion, to satiation, to the... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | na | on; concerning; onto |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |