Where does “охватывать” come from?

охватывать (Russian) comes from Russian охвати́ть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

охватывать (Russian): to embrace, to include

Definitions

  1. to embrace, to include

Ancestry of “охватывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianохвати́тьto embrace
2Russianо-prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce...
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →Every word from Russian о- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab →