Where does “змивати” come from?

змивати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian зми́ти, from Ukrainian з-, from Ukrainian леті́ти, from Old East Slavic летѣти, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

змивати (Ukrainian): to wash off, clean off with water

Definitions

  1. to wash off, clean off with water

Ancestry of “змивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianзми́тиto wash off, clean off with water
2Ukrainianз-attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
3Ukrainianлеті́тиto fly
4Old East Slavicлетѣти—
5Proto-Slavicletětito fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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