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Where does “драпать” come from?

драпать (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic drapati, from Proto-Slavic -pati.

Ancestry of “драпать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdrapatito scratch, to scrabble; to hightail, to flee; to...
2Proto-Slavic-pati—
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