Where does “мчати” come from?

мчати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic *мъчати, from Proto-Slavic mъčati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic muk-.

мчати (Ukrainian): to rush to take (someone/something) somewhere with great haste

Definitions

  1. to rush to take (someone/something) somewhere with great haste

Ancestry of “мчати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavic*мъчати—
2Proto-Slavicmъčatito rush? to throw? to carry?
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmuk-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic muk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic mъčati →Every word from Old East Slavic *мъчати →