Where does “оплакивать” come from?

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

оплакивать (Russian): to bewail, to bemoan

Definitions

  1. to bewail, to bemoan

Ancestry of “оплакивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianопла́катьto bewail, to bemoan
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 →