Where does “отпивать” come from?
отпивать (Russian) comes from Russian отпи́ть, from Russian от-, from Proto-Slavic otъ-.
отпивать (Russian): to take a sip
Ancestry of “отпивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | отпи́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | от- | away from |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | otъ- | — |