Where does “вытягиваться” come from?
вытягиваться (Russian) comes from Russian вытя́гивать, from Russian вытянуть, from Russian вы́-, from Old East Slavic вꙑ-, from Proto-Slavic vy-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ū́, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
вытягиваться (Russian): to stretch, to stretch oneself, to extend oneself
Definitions
- to stretch, to stretch oneself, to extend oneself
Ancestry of “вытягиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вытя́гивать | to pull out, to extract, to draw out |
| 2 | Russian | вытянуть | to pull out, to extract, to draw out; to stretch;... |
| 3 | Russian | вы́- | out, out from describing an action of moving outside from inside |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | вꙑ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | vy- | out |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ū́ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |