Where does “запахивать” come from?
запахивать (Russian) comes from Russian запаха́ть, from Russian паха́ть, from Proto-Slavic pāxàti — to sweep.
запахивать (Russian): to plough; to plough in; to wrap/draw...
Definitions
- to plough; to plough in; to wrap/draw...
Ancestry of “запахивать”, step by step
запахивать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian запаха́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | запаха́ть | to plough |
| 2 | Russian | паха́ть | to plow |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pāxàti | to sweep |
via Russian запахну́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | запахну́ть | to begin to smell, to emit a smell |
| 2 | Russian | па́хнуть | to smell, to have a smell |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | paxnǫti | to smell of |