Where does “дотягиваться” come from?
дотягиваться (Russian) comes from Russian дотя́гивать, from Russian дотяну́ть, from Russian тяну́ть, from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
дотягиваться (Russian): to reach (to), to touch
Definitions
- to reach (to), to touch
Ancestry of “дотягиваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | дотя́гивать | to draw (up to, as far as), to drag (to; as far as), to haul (up to; as far as) |
| 2 | Russian | дотяну́ть | to draw (up to, as far as), to drag (to; as far as), to haul (up to; as far as) |
| 3 | Russian | тяну́ть | to pull, to draw, to haul, to drag |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | tęgnǫti | to pull |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tengʰ- | to pull; to be heavy, difficult |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |