Where does “наплывать” come from?

наплывать (Russian) comes from Russian наплы́ть, from Russian на-, from Proto-Slavic na, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

наплывать (Russian): to swim, to float, to bump into while swimming or floating

Definitions

  1. to swim, to float, to bump into while swimming or floating

Ancestry of “наплывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнаплы́тьto swim or float towards (something)
2Russianна-onto, upon; to repletion, to satiation, to the...
3Proto-Slavicnaon; concerning; onto
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Russian на- →Every word from Proto-Slavic na →
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