Where does “подкапывать” come from?
подкапывать (Russian) comes from Russian подкопа́ть, 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,...
подкапывать (Russian): to dig out the earth under (something), to undermine, to sap
Definitions
- to dig out the earth under (something), to undermine, to sap
Ancestry of “подкапывать”, step by step
подкапывать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian подкопа́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подкопа́ть | to dig out the earth under (something), to undermine, to sap |
| 2 | Russian | копа́ть | to dig |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | копати | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kǫpati | to bathe; to swim |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |
via Russian подка́пать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | подка́пать | to drip adding to what is already present, to accumulate (drops of something) |
| 2 | Russian | под- | upwards; closer; adding |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | podъ- | under- |