Where does “выискивать” come from?
выискивать (Russian) comes from Russian вы́искать, from Russian вы́-, from Old East Slavic вꙑ-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
выискивать (Russian): to discover, (try to) to find out, to seek out, to hunt (for), to hunt out, to track down
Definitions
- to discover, (try to) to find out, to seek out, to hunt (for), to hunt out, to track down
Ancestry of “выискивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вы́искать | to discover, (try to) to find out, to seek out, to hunt (for), to hunt out, to track down |
| 2 | Russian | вы́- | out, out from describing an action of moving outside from inside |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | вꙑ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |