Where does “охоплювати” come from?

охоплювати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian охопи́ти, from Ukrainian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

охоплювати (Ukrainian): to envelop

Definitions

  1. to envelop

Ancestry of “охоплювати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianохопи́тиto envelop
2Ukrainianо-prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab →Every word from Proto-Slavic o(b) →