Where does “измазывать” come from?
измазывать (Russian) comes from Russian изма́зать, from Russian из-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
измазывать (Russian): to make dirty, to smear
Ancestry of “измазывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | изма́зать | — |
| 2 | Russian | из- | out from; When added to a verb, it may form a... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | jьz- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |