Where does “окапываться” come from?
окапываться (Russian) comes from Russian ока́пывать, from Russian окопа́ть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
окапываться (Russian): to dig in; passive of ока́пывать; to stain...
Definitions
- to dig in; passive of ока́пывать; to stain...
Ancestry of “окапываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ока́пывать | to dig around; to stain {{i|in various places or... |
| 2 | Russian | окопа́ть | to dig up the ground around (something) |
| 3 | Russian | о- | prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |