Where does “заплывать” come from?

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

заплывать (Russian): to swim; to swim or sail; to be bloated, to...

Definitions

  1. to swim; to swim or sail; to be bloated, to...

Ancestry of “заплывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзаплы́тьto swim somewhere far away
2Russianплы́тьto swim, to float
3Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic plyti →Every word from Russian плы́ть →