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 (for the first time), to learn how to swim

Definitions

  1. to start swimming (for the first time), to learn how to swim

Ancestry of “пропливати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпли̏ватиto swim (of persons)
2Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic plyti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian пли̏вати →