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
- to swim; to swim or sail; to be bloated, to...
Ancestry of “заплывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | заплы́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | плы́ть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | plyti | to swim; to float, to sail |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |