Where does “взлохмачивать” come from?
взлохмачивать (Russian) comes from Russian взлохма́тить, from Russian лохма́тить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
взлохмачивать (Russian): to tousle, to dishevel, to ruffle
Definitions
- to tousle, to dishevel, to ruffle
Ancestry of “взлохмачивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | взлохма́тить | to tousle, to dishevel, to ruffle |
| 2 | Russian | лохма́тить | to tousle, to dishevel, to ruffle |
| 3 | Russian | -и́ть | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |