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Where does “застраховывать” come from?

застраховывать (Russian) comes from Russian застрахова́ть, from Russian страхова́ть, from Russian страх, from Proto-Slavic straxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic strākš-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

застраховывать (Russian): to insure

Definitions

  1. to insure

Ancestry of “застраховывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзастрахова́ть—
2Russianстрахова́ть—
3Russianстрахfear; risk, peril; awfully
4Proto-Slavicstraxъfear, terror
5Proto-Balto-Slavicstrākš-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong
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