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