Where does “оттаивать” come from?

оттаивать (Russian) comes from Russian отта́ять, from Russian от-, from Proto-Slavic otъ-.

оттаивать (Russian): to thaw out, to let thaw out; to thaw out; to...

Definitions

  1. to thaw out, to let thaw out; to thaw out; to...

Ancestry of “оттаивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотта́ятьto thaw out, to let thaw out (transitive)
2Russianот-away from
3Proto-Slavicotъ-—
Every word from Proto-Slavic otъ- →Every word from Russian от- →Every word from Russian отта́ять →