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Where does “подвывать” come from?

подвывать (Russian) comes from Russian подвы́ть, from Russian выть, from Russian булат, from Persian پولاد, from Middle Persian pwlʾpt'.

подвывать (Russian): to echo howling; to howl softly, to whimper; to...

Definitions

  1. to echo howling; to howl softly, to whimper; to...

Ancestry of “подвывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподвы́ть—
2Russianвытьto howl; to wail
3Russianбулатbulat, wootz steel, Damascus steel; sword, blade
4Persianپولادsteel
5Middle Persianpwlʾpt'—
Every word from Middle Persian pwlʾpt' →