Where does “облежать” come from?

облежать (Russian) comes from Russian лежа́ть, from Proto-Slavic ležati, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

облежать (Russian): to encircle

Definitions

  1. to encircle

Ancestry of “облежать”, step by step

облежать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian лежа́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлежа́тьto lie
2Proto-Slavicležatito lie
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Russian об–

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianоб–before certain letters
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ležati →Every word from Russian лежа́ть →