Where does “підтопити” come from?

підтопити (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian під-, from Proto-Slavic podъ- — under-.

підтопити (Ukrainian): to heat up (a bit/slightly), to warm up (a bit/slightly)

Definitions

  1. to heat up (a bit/slightly), to warm up (a bit/slightly)

Ancestry of “підтопити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпід-upwards describing an action of moving from the bottom up
2Proto-Slavicpodъ-under-
Every word from Proto-Slavic podъ- →Every word from Ukrainian під- →
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