Where does “zaploviti” come from?

zaploviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian plòviti, from Proto-Slavic plavati, from Proto-Slavic plàviti, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

zaploviti (Serbo-Croatian): sail away; leave, depart

Definitions

  1. sail away; leave, depart

Ancestry of “zaploviti”, step by step

zaploviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian plòviti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplòvitito sail
2Proto-Slavicplavatito swim; to float; to sail
3Proto-Slavicplàvitito float, to sail
4Proto-Slavic-vati—

via Serbo-Croatian za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Proto-Slavic plàviti →Every word from Proto-Slavic plavati →