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Where does “похлопывать” come from?

похлопывать (Russian) comes from Russian хло́пать, from Proto-Slavic *xlopati.

похлопывать (Russian): to pat, to clap, to tap

Definitions

  1. to pat, to clap, to tap

Ancestry of “похлопывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхло́пать—
2Proto-Slavic*xlopati—
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