Where does “начитываться” come from?
начитываться (Russian) comes from Russian начи́тывать, from Russian начита́ть, from Russian чита́ть, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
начитываться (Russian): to read
Definitions
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Ancestry of “начитываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | начи́тывать | to read in (usually) large quantities |
| 2 | Russian | начита́ть | to read in any quantity usually a large quantity |
| 3 | Russian | чита́ть | to read |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | čitati | to read; to count |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | skait- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |