Where does “обшаривать” come from?

обшаривать (Russian) comes from Russian обша́рить, from Russian ша́рить — to fumble, to rummage.

обшаривать (Russian): to ransack; to rummage through

Definitions

  1. to ransack; to rummage through

Ancestry of “обшаривать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianобша́ритьto ransack
2Russianша́ритьto fumble, to rummage
Every word from Russian ша́рить →Every word from Russian обша́рить →