Where does “истрёпываться” come from?
истрёпываться (Russian) comes from Russian истрёпывать, from Russian истрепа́ть, from Russian ис-, from Russian из-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
истрёпываться (Russian): to be frayed/torn, to be worn out; passive of...
Definitions
- to be frayed/torn, to be worn out; passive of...
Ancestry of “истрёпываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | истрёпывать | to wear to rags, to fray, to tear |
| 2 | Russian | истрепа́ть | to wear to rags, to fray, to tear |
| 3 | Russian | ис- | Alternative form of из-; out |
| 4 | Russian | из- | out from; When added to a verb, it may form a... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | jьz- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |