Where does “опоясывать” come from?

опоясывать (Russian) comes from Russian опоясать, from Russian о, from Old East Slavic о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

опоясывать (Russian): to gird, to engirdle

Definitions

  1. to gird, to engirdle

Ancestry of “опоясывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianопоясатьto gird, to engirdle; to surround, to encircle,...
2Russianоoh
3Old East Slavicоat, during
4Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
5Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab →Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b) →