Where does “отскакивать” come from?
отскакивать (Russian) comes from Russian отскочи́ть, from Russian -скочи́ть, from Proto-Slavic skočiti, from Proto-Indo-European skok-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek- — to pass, happen.
отскакивать (Russian): to jump aside/away, to jump/leap back; to...
Definitions
- to jump aside/away, to jump/leap back; to...
Ancestry of “отскакивать”, step by step
отскакивать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian отскочи́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отскочи́ть | to jump aside/away, to jump/leap back |
| 2 | Russian | -скочи́ть | q.v |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | skočiti | to jump, leap |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skok-eye-ti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |
via Russian отскака́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отскака́ть | to gallop, to cover by galloping |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *otъskakati | to bounce |