Where does “обкатывать” come from?
обкатывать (Russian) comes from Russian обкати́ть, from Russian кати́ть, from Old East Slavic катити, from Proto-Slavic kotiti, from Proto-Slavic kotъ, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.
обкатывать (Russian): to roll smooth, to smoothen by rolling; to wear...
Definitions
- to roll smooth, to smoothen by rolling; to wear...
Ancestry of “обкатывать”, step by step
обкатывать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian обкати́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | обкати́ть | to roll (something) around (something else) |
| 2 | Russian | кати́ть | to roll |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | катити | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kotiti | to tumble, to roll, to crumble; to leap, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kotъ | cat; tomcat, male cat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kattuz | cat |
| 7 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
| 8 | Latin | catta | a cat |