Where does “тошнота” come from?

тошнота (Russian) comes from Russian -ота́, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

тошнота (Russian): sickness, nausea (qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach)

Definitions

  1. sickness, nausea (qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach)

Ancestry of “тошнота”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ота́—
2Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Russian -ота́ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →