Where does “перекрывать” come from?
перекрывать (Russian) comes from Russian перекры́ть, 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.
перекрывать (Russian): to exceed; to stop up, to block; to cut off
Definitions
- to exceed; to stop up, to block; to cut off
Ancestry of “перекрывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | перекры́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | пере- | over, over again; across, trans-; too much |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | — |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |