Where does “лапать” come from?
лапать (Russian) comes from Russian -ть, from Proto-Slavic -ti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -tei, from Proto-Indo-European -tey.
лапать (Russian): to touch, to paw, to grope
Definitions
- to touch, to paw, to grope
Ancestry of “лапать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -ть | "suffix indicating {{glossary|infinitive}}s of... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ti | The ending of the infinitive. Not productive by... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -tei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tey | — |