Where does “обмолотить” come from?

обмолотить (Russian) comes from Russian молоти́ть, from Proto-Slavic moltìti — to beat, to thresh.

обмолотить (Russian): to thresh

Definitions

  1. to thresh

Ancestry of “обмолотить”, step by step

обмолотить traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian молоти́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмолоти́тьto thresh, to flail
2Proto-Slavicmoltìtito beat, to thresh

via Russian об–

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianоб–before certain letters
Every word from Proto-Slavic moltìti →Every word from Russian молоти́ть →