Where does “заплёвывать” come from?

заплёвывать (Russian) comes from Russian заплева́ть, from Russian плева́ть, from Proto-Slavic pľьvati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

заплёвывать (Russian): to spit on

Definitions

  1. to spit on

Ancestry of “заплёвывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзаплева́тьto spit on
2Russianплева́тьto spit
3Proto-Slavicpľьvatito spit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pľьvati →Every word from Russian плева́ть →