Where does “заворачивать” come from?
заворачивать (Russian) comes from Russian завороти́ть, from Russian за́-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.
заворачивать (Russian): to screw tight, to tighten; to tuck up, to roll...
Definitions
- to screw tight, to tighten; to tuck up, to roll...
Ancestry of “заворачивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | завороти́ть | to tuck up, to roll up |
| 2 | Russian | за́- | behind, beyond |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | za- | for |