Where does “омывать” come from?

омывать (Russian) comes from Russian омы́ть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

омывать (Russian): to wash

Definitions

  1. to wash

Ancestry of “омывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianомы́тьto wash
2Russianо-prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce...
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →Every word from Russian о- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab →