Where does “подплывать” come from?

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

подплывать (Russian): to swim or sail up to

Definitions

  1. to swim or sail up to

Ancestry of “подплывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподплы́тьto swim or sail up to
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 →