Where does “осматриваться” come from?
осматриваться (Russian) comes from Russian осма́тривать, from Russian осмотре́ть, from Russian о-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
осматриваться (Russian): to look about, to look around; to look round, to...
Definitions
- to look about, to look around; to look round, to...
Ancestry of “осматриваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | осма́тривать | to examine, to survey, to inspect |
| 2 | Russian | осмотре́ть | to examine, to survey, to inspect |
| 3 | Russian | о- | prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |