Where does “по́фиг” come from?

по́фиг (Russian) comes from Russian ПО, from Old East Slavic по, from Proto-Slavic po, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

Ancestry of “по́фиг”, step by step

по́фиг traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ПО

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	ПО	software
2	Old East Slavic	по	on, along, by
3	Proto-Slavic	po	after; by; at
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₂pó	off, away
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂epo	from, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Russian фиг

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	фиг	a hand gesture made by making a fist and sticking...
2	Russian	-ность	Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives. A...
3	Russian	-ость	-ness, -ity
4	Proto-Slavic	-ostь	Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “по́фиг”

пофигизм

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó →Every word from Proto-Slavic po →