Where does “впадати” come from?
впадати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian впасти, from Ukrainian упасти, from Ukrainian у-, from Ukrainian у, from Old East Slavic у, from Proto-Slavic u, from Proto-Balto-Slavic au, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
впадати (Ukrainian): to fall, to flow
Definitions
- to fall, to flow
Ancestry of “впадати”, step by step
впадати traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian впасти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | впасти | to fall, to flow |
| 2 | Ukrainian | упасти | to drop |
| 3 | Ukrainian | у- | with a more concrete purpose |
| 4 | Ukrainian | у | in, at (to express static position/location; the following word starts with a consonant) |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | у | at |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | u | at, near, by |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | au | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Serbo-Croatian упадати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | упадати | to fall into, drop into; to rush into, dash into;... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | upadati | to fall into, drop into; to rush into, dash into;... |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | padati | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pàdati | to fall, to topple down |
via Ukrainian падати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | падати | to drop; to fall; to rain |