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Where does “пропливати” come from?

пропливати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пли̏вати, from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

пропливати (Serbo-Croatian): to start swimming , to learn how to swim

Definitions

  1. to start swimming , to learn how to swim

Ancestry of “пропливати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпли̏вати—
2Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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