Where does “драть” come from?
драть (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic дра́ти, from Proto-Slavic dьràti, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Ancestry of “драть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | дра́ти | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dьràti | to tear, to flay; to tear, to flay; to cut into... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
Words derived from “драть”