Where does “перекупать” come from?
перекупать (Russian) comes from Russian перекупи́ть, 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.
перекупать (Russian): to buy what someone else wanted to buy, to...
Definitions
- to buy what someone else wanted to buy, to...
Ancestry of “перекупать”, step by step
перекупать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian перекупи́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | перекупи́ть | to buy what someone else wanted to buy, to outbuy, to outbid |
| 2 | Russian | пере- | over, over again; across, trans-; too much |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 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 |