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
- to bury, to dig; to fill up; to spot, to smudge
Ancestry of “закапывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | закопа́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | копа́ть | to dig |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | копати | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kǫpati | to bathe; to swim |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |