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Where does “насвистывать” come from?

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

насвистывать (Russian): to whistle

Definitions

  1. to whistle

Ancestry of “насвистывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнасвиста́ть—
2Russianна-onto, upon; to repletion, to satiation, to the...
3Proto-Slavicnaon; concerning; onto
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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