Where does “переписываться” come from?
переписываться (Russian) comes from Russian перепи́сывать, from Russian переписа́ть, 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 — passed , crossed.
переписываться (Russian): to be in correspondence; passive of перепи́сывать
Definitions
- to be in correspondence; passive of перепи́сывать
Ancestry of “переписываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | перепи́сывать | to rewrite, to retype |
| 2 | Russian | переписа́ть | to rewrite, to retype |
| 3 | Russian | пере- | over, over again; across, trans-; too much |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |