Where does “впасти” come from?
впасти (Ukrainian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
впасти (Ukrainian): to fall, to flow
Definitions
- to fall, to flow
Ancestry of “впасти”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | упасти | to drop |
| 2 | Ukrainian | у- | with a more concrete purpose |
| 3 | Ukrainian | у | in, at (to express static position/location; the following word starts with a consonant) |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | у | at |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | u | at, near, by |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | au | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |