Where does “запивать” come from?
запивать (Russian) comes from Russian запи́ть, from Russian за́-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.
запивать (Russian): to wash down , to take; to take to drink, to go...
Definitions
- to wash down , to take; to take to drink, to go...
Ancestry of “запивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | запи́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | за́- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | za- | for |