Where does “утопать” come from?

утопать (Russian) comes from Russian утону́ть, from Russian у-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.

утопать (Russian): to drown (in); to wallow in, to roll in

Definitions

  1. to drown (in); to wallow in, to roll in

Ancestry of “утопать”, step by step

утопать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian утону́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianутону́тьto sink, to go down, to drown
2Russianу-away; with a more concrete purpose
3Proto-Slavicu-away

via Russian то́пать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianто́патьto stomp, to stamp
Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Russian у- →Every word from Russian утону́ть →