Where does “плавати” come from?

плавати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic plavati, from Proto-Slavic plàviti, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

плавати (Old Church Slavonic): to sail

Definitions

  1. to sail

Ancestry of “плавати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicplavatito swim; to float; to sail
2Proto-Slavicplàvitito float, to sail
3Proto-Slavic-vati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Proto-Slavic plàviti →Every word from Proto-Slavic plavati →