Where does “отвоёвывать” come from?
отвоёвывать (Russian) comes from Russian отвоева́ть, from Russian от-, from Proto-Slavic otъ-.
отвоёвывать (Russian): to win (from), to win over, to win back (from)
Definitions
- to win (from), to win over, to win back (from)
Ancestry of “отвоёвывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отвоева́ть | to win (from), to win over, to win back (from) |
| 2 | Russian | от- | away from |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | otъ- | — |