Where does “вкапывать” come from?

вкапывать (Russian) comes from Russian вкопа́ть, from Russian в-, from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

вкапывать (Russian): to dig in, to plant in, to dig (into), to plant (in)

Definitions

  1. to dig in, to plant in, to dig (into), to plant (in)

Ancestry of “вкапывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвкопа́тьto dig in, to plant in, to dig (into), to plant (in)
2Russianв-in, into
3Old Church Slavonicвъ-in, into describing an action of moving inside of something
4Proto-Slavicvъ(n)-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Russian в- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)- →