Where does “истрьти” come from?

истрьти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic трьти, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

истрьти (Old Church Slavonic): to destroy

Definitions

  1. to destroy

Ancestry of “истрьти”, step by step

истрьти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic трьти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicтрьтиto rub, to wipe, to scrape
2Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

via Old Church Slavonic ис

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicис—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terti →Every word from Old Church Slavonic трьти →