Where does “отдёргивать” come from?
отдёргивать (Russian) comes from Russian отдёрнуть, from Russian от-, from Proto-Slavic otъ-.
отдёргивать (Russian): to jerk away, to pull away, to yank away, to take...
Definitions
- to jerk away, to pull away, to yank away, to take...
Ancestry of “отдёргивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | отдёрнуть | to jerk away, to pull away, to yank away, to take... |
| 2 | Russian | от- | away from |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | otъ- | — |