Where does “заползти” come from?

заползти (Russian) comes from Russian ползти́, from Proto-Slavic *pelsti — to creep, to crawl.

заползти (Russian): to crawl into

Definitions

  1. to crawl into

Ancestry of “заползти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianползти́to creep, to crawl
2Proto-Slavic*pelstito creep, to crawl
Every word from Proto-Slavic *pelsti →Every word from Russian ползти́ →