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Where does “опаливать” come from?

опаливать (Russian) comes from Russian опали́ть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

опаливать (Russian): to singe; to sear, to burn, to scorch

Definitions

  1. to singe; to sear, to burn, to scorch

Ancestry of “опаливать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianопали́ть—
2Russianо-prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce...
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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