Where does “покопаться” come from?

покопаться (Russian) comes from Russian копа́ться, from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

покопаться (Russian): to dig for awhile; to delve for awhile, to spend...

Definitions

  1. to dig for awhile; to delve for awhile, to spend...

Ancestry of “покопаться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкопа́тьсяto dig
2Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
3Old East Slavicсѧ—
4Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*senoneself
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Russian -ся →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen →