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Where does “отпрашиваться” come from?

отпрашиваться (Russian) comes from Russian отпроси́ться, from Russian проси́ться, from Russian проси́ть, from Old Church Slavonic просити, from Proto-Slavic prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

отпрашиваться (Russian): to ask permission for an absence

Definitions

  1. to ask permission for an absence

Ancestry of “отпрашиваться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотпроси́ться—
2Russianпроси́ться—
3Russianпроси́ть—
4Old Church Slavonicпроситиask; demand
5Proto-Slavicprositito ask
6Proto-Balto-Slavicpráśīˀteito ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →