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Where does “залезать” come from?

залезать (Russian) comes from Russian зале́зть, from Russian лезть, from Old East Slavic лѣзти, from Proto-Slavic lězti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁ǵʰ- — to crawl on the ground; low.

залезать (Russian): to climb up; to get into, to scramble; to meddle

Definitions

  1. to climb up; to get into, to scramble; to meddle

Ancestry of “залезать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзале́зть—
2Russianлезтьto climb , to scramble; to clamber, to crawl, to...
3Old East Slavicлѣзти—
4Proto-Slaviclěztito crawl; to climb
5Proto-Balto-Slaviclḗˀźteito crawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁ǵʰ-to crawl on the ground; low
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