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Where does “перегорать” come from?

перегорать (Russian) comes from Russian перегоре́ть, from Russian пере-, from Proto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

перегорать (Russian): to burn out; to burn to ashes, to burn to...

Definitions

  1. to burn out; to burn to ashes, to burn to...

Ancestry of “перегорать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianперегоре́ть—
2Russianпере-over, over again; across, trans-; too much
3Proto-Slavicper-over-; re-
4Proto-Slavicpro-—
5Proto-Slavic*pro—
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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