Where does “закапывать” come from?

закапывать (Russian) comes from Russian закопа́ть, from Russian копа́ть, from Old East Slavic копати, from Proto-Slavic kǫpati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

закапывать (Russian): to bury, to dig; to fill up; to spot, to smudge

Definitions

  1. to bury, to dig; to fill up; to spot, to smudge

Ancestry of “закапывать”, step by step

закапывать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian закопа́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзакопа́тьto bury, to dig (into)
2Russianкопа́тьto dig
3Old East Slavicкопати—
4Proto-Slavickǫpatito bathe; to swim
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

via Russian зака́пать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзака́патьto spot, to smudge
2Russianка́патьto drip, to drop, to spill
3Proto-Slavickapatito drip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫpati →Every word from Old East Slavic копати →