Where does “подмывать” come from?

подмывать (Russian) comes from Russian подмы́ть, from Russian мыть, from Proto-Slavic myti, from Proto-Indo-European muH-.

подмывать (Russian): to wash (an individual body part, e.g. the armpit)

Definitions

  1. to wash (an individual body part, e.g. the armpit)

Ancestry of “подмывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподмы́тьto wash (an individual body part, e.g. the armpit)
2Russianмытьto wash
3Proto-Slavicmytito wash
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmuH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European muH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic myti →Every word from Russian мыть →