Where does “отплывать” come from?

отплывать (Russian) comes from Russian отплы́ть, from Russian плы́ть, from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

отплывать (Russian): to swim away

Definitions

  1. to swim away

Ancestry of “отплывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотплы́тьto swim away
2Russianплы́тьto swim, to float
3Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic plyti →Every word from Russian плы́ть →