Where does “висмоктувати” come from?
висмоктувати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian ви́смоктати, from Ukrainian ви́-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
висмоктувати (Ukrainian): to suck out, to suck
Definitions
- to suck out, to suck
Ancestry of “висмоктувати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | ви́смоктати | to suck out, to suck |
| 2 | Ukrainian | ви́- | out, ex- describing an action of moving outside from inside |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |