Where does “откапывать” come from?

откапывать (Russian) comes from Russian откопа́ть, from Russian копа́ть, from Old East Slavic копати, from Proto-Slavic kǫpati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

откапывать (Russian): to dig out

Definitions

  1. to dig out

Ancestry of “откапывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianоткопа́тьto dig out
2Russianкопа́тьto dig
3Old East Slavicкопати—
4Proto-Slavickǫpatito bathe; to swim
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫpati →Every word from Old East Slavic копати →