Where does “заплы́ть” come from?

заплы́ть (Russian) comes from Russian плы́ть, from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

заплы́ть (Russian): to swim somewhere far away

Definitions

  1. to swim somewhere far away

Ancestry of “заплы́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianплы́тьto swim, to float
2Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “заплы́ть”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic plyti →Every word from Russian плы́ть →
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