Where does “упаковывать” come from?
упаковывать (Russian) comes from Russian упакова́ть, from Russian у-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.
упаковывать (Russian): to pack
Ancestry of “упаковывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | упакова́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | у- | away; with a more concrete purpose |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | u- | away |