Where does “обложка” come from?

обложка (Russian) comes from Russian обложи́ть, from Russian ложи́ть, from Old East Slavic ложити, from Proto-Slavic ložiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lágīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European logʰ-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

обложка (Russian): cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)

Definitions

  1. cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)

Ancestry of “обложка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianобложи́тьto tax
2Russianложи́тьto put, to lay (down)
3Old East Slavicложити—
4Proto-Slavicložitito lay
5Proto-Balto-Slaviclágīˀtei—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʰ-éye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʰ-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lágīˀtei →