Where does “потопать” come from?

потопать (Russian) comes from Russian потону́ть, from Russian по́-, from Russian -бира́ть.

потопать (Russian): to stamp; to leave, to go away; to sink; to...

Definitions

  1. to stamp; to leave, to go away; to sink; to...

Ancestry of “потопать”, step by step

потопать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian потону́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпотону́тьto sink, to go down
2Russianпо́-perfective aspect
3Russian-бира́ть—

via Russian то́пать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianто́патьto stomp, to stamp
Every word from Russian -бира́ть →Every word from Russian по́- →Every word from Russian потону́ть →