Where does “на” come from?

на (Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “на”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “на

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-