наближа́ти (Ukrainian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ати, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
наближа́ти (Ukrainian): to bring nearer / closer, to move nearer / closer