Where does “окидывать” come from?
окидывать (Russian) comes from Russian оки́нуть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
окидывать (Russian): to scan
Ancestry of “окидывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | оки́нуть | — |
| 2 | Russian | о- | prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |