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Where does “отвёртывать” come from?

отвёртывать (Russian) comes from Russian отверну́ть, from Russian верну́ть, from Russian верте́ть, from Proto-Slavic vьrtě̀ti — to turn; turn; to rotate.

отвёртывать (Russian): to turn aside, to turn away; to fold down, to...

Definitions

  1. to turn aside, to turn away; to fold down, to...

Ancestry of “отвёртывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотверну́ть—
2Russianверну́ть—
3Russianверте́тьto turn, to twist
4Proto-Slavicvьrtě̀tito turn; turn; to rotate
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