Where does “поехать” come from?

поехать (Russian) comes from Russian е́хать, from Proto-Slavic ěxati, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

поехать (Russian): to go; to ride, to drive; to travel

Definitions

  1. to go; to ride, to drive; to travel

Ancestry of “поехать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianе́хатьto go
2Proto-Slavicěxatito travel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ěxati →Every word from Russian е́хать →