Where does “обду́мать” come from?
обду́мать (Russian) comes from Russian ду́мать, from Proto-Slavic dumati, from Proto-Germanic dōmijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
Ancestry of “обду́мать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ду́мать | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dumati | to think |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dōmijaną | to judge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |