Where does “объехать” come from?
объехать (Russian) comes from Russian е́хать, from Proto-Slavic ěxati, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
объехать (Russian): to travel; to go round, to make a detour, to take...
Definitions
- to travel; to go round, to make a detour, to take...
Ancestry of “объехать”, step by step
объехать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian е́хать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | е́хать | to go |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ěxati | to travel |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |
via Russian об–
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | об– | before certain letters |